In this chapter, you will learn about the addressing used in IPv4 and IPv6. We'll assign addresses of both types to various interfaces on the hosts and routers of the Illustrated Network. We'll ...

I love a car with a nice V6 under the bonnet... Good for you, but IPv6 has nothing to do with cars. It actually stands for Internet Protocol version 6, the name for the next-generation IP addressing ...

How to statically address a Windows 2008 / Windows 2008 R2 Server How to statically address a Windows 7 Client System How to setup DNS for IPv6 on a Windows 2008 R2 ...

On June 16 th, Light Reading organized a webinar endorsed by IPv6 Forum, ETSI and EANTC, on “IPv6 Enhanced Innovation: Embracing the IP Future in 5G & Cloud Era”. More than 200 experts from standards ...

IP version 6 is poised to revolutionize networking. Here's why you should care and what you need to do to get ready. The odds are good that you're aware Microsoft will soon release new server and host ...

IPv6 is a powerful enhancement to IPv4 with features that better suit current and foreseeable network demands, including the following: IPv6 increases the number of address bits by a factor of 4, from ...

IPv6 is the new Internet Protocol (IP) for identification and location of computers on networks and Internet traffic routing. I’ve been waiting for it now for years but nothing ever seems to happen. I ...

The current IP address scheme of 32-bit words is fast becoming inadequate. It would appear that 2 32 = 4 294 967 296 combinations of addresses should be enough for everybody, but in practice this is ...