It is funny how what Vint Cerf described as an "experiment" in 1977 never ended
and grew into the Internet as it is today.
As Cerf recently said, ""Who the hell knew how much address space we needed?"
So Cerf is urging everyone to get on with the transition to IPv6. But it won't be without some pain.
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Originally Posted by Octane
The Government's going through an IPv4 to IPv6 transition program at the moment. It's an enormous project.
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Interested readers, see "
A Strategy for the Implementation of IPv6 in Australian Government Agencies - July 2009"
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Originally Posted by michaellxv
If you do want to prepare, go and find out if/when your ISP will provide IPv6 support for its customers.
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Interested readers, see "
Are Australian ISPs ready for IPv6?" by Terrence Hugh
at techgeek.com.
Computerworld have a feature today, "
IPv6: Everything you need to know", with
some useful links.
Whilst addressing the Internet Society of Australia last week, Vint Cerf "urged associations and businesses to take action on deploying IPv6, rather than continuing to talk."
Article at PCWorld here -
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/articl...k_needed_ipv6/
The Internet Society has called for 8 Jun 2011 to be "World IPv6 Day".
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Originally Posted by Internet Society
On 8 June, 2011, Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, Akamai and Limelight Networks will be amongst some of the major organisations that will offer their content over IPv6 for a 24-hour "test flight". The goal of the Test Flight Day is to motivate organizations across the industry – Internet service providers, hardware makers, operating system vendors and web companies – to prepare their services for IPv6 to ensure a successful transition as IPv4 addresses run out
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See
http://isoc.org/wp/worldipv6day/
Use this link to test your IPv6 connectivity -
http://test-ipv6.com/
Some newer model routers may be provided with IPv6 capability via
firmware upgrades. But some equipment will need to be replaced.