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| 884311 | 2010-05-12 09:18:00 | Hi All. Can someone explain the difference between the two? Please. "4" is what we are using now & running out of. "6" is what is being advocated. If "6" does come in, will "4" be reduntant, or work 'as well'? PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 884312 | 2010-05-12 09:20:00 | IPV6 (en.wikipedia.org) IPV4 (en.wikipedia.org) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 884313 | 2010-05-12 09:31:00 | IPV6 (en.wikipedia.org) IPV4 (en.wikipedia.org) So will IPV4 be unusable? |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 884314 | 2010-05-12 09:35:00 | Probably, sooner or later. It may not be unusable it'll just run out / be made redundant. Obviously when it does, you cant do much about it. Thats when everyone decides to get their A into G, and change to IPv6 | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 884315 | 2010-05-12 09:40:00 | IPV6 (en.wikipedia.org) IPV4 (en.wikipedia.org) OK Thanks. PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 884316 | 2010-05-12 09:52:00 | If "6" does come in ipv6 IS coming, and sooner rather than later. Last ipv4 address blocks for allocation (to ISP's, corporations, govts etc) now predicted to be gone by Aug 2011! Your ISP will still have ipv4 addresses to allocate to their customers from their existing netblock, but won't be able to get more from IANA ipv4 addresses will be supported for a long time yet, and I would say most sites will be resolvable by both addressing schemes, but new block allocations will be ipv6. From the average joe's pov, there is no change, you type pRoN.com in your browser and the site comes up. The required changes are to the DNS system that resolves the domain name to a numeric (or hex) ip address, and to the routing infrastructure. |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 884317 | 2010-05-12 13:41:00 | Don't we have to do something to the configuration of our PCs to make it work? Doesn't it have to be enabled at our ISP as well, ie they allocate my router an IPv6 address? | Orca (3098) | ||
| 884318 | 2010-05-12 14:06:00 | Ipv4 and 6 are enabled (by default), under LAN properties. And yup youre right the ISP needs to support it as well. I see homegroup also supports IPv6, over a network. Altho, this isnt of much use. If you've only got one Win7 PC | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 884319 | 2010-05-12 23:53:00 | I think what will happen/is already happening is that they are using NAT at the ISP to extend the life of IPv4. That way, externally, many customers can be dumped on the same IP. | utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 884320 | 2010-05-13 03:11:00 | Ipv4 and 6 are enabled (by default), under LAN properties. And yup youre right the ISP needs to support it as well. I see homegroup also supports IPv6, over a network. Altho, this isnt of much use. If you've only got one Win7 PC Phew! Now I know that the four billionth and one computer on my network will still have uninterrupted access to lolcats. What a relief! |
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