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When I was in school about 1 year ago, IPv6 was not 100% and people said it may never be released and I read up on it here:

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Can someone tell me if this will be released and what the plans are for IPv6?
 
Its just the fact that this would be such a global change. IPv4 has been around since the conception of the internet, and a change would potentially creat 2 different internets, one on v4 and one on v6 for people with potentially more money to convert to the new standard. If we reall want to keep doing what we are doing, registering domains, creating websites, adding suffixes, then this is necesary for the continuation of the internet. Maybe this is a good idea too, a fresh start on a whole new system. No spam? No viruses? No spyware and pr0n popups all over the place? Yeah i think a fresh start might not be all that bad...
 
elguapo said:
Its just the fact that this would be such a global change. IPv4 has been around since the conception of the internet, and a change would potentially creat 2 different internets, one on v4 and one on v6 for people with potentially more money to convert to the new standard. If we reall want to keep doing what we are doing, registering domains, creating websites, adding suffixes, then this is necesary for the continuation of the internet. Maybe this is a good idea too, a fresh start on a whole new system. No spam? No viruses? No spyware and pr0n popups all over the place? Yeah i think a fresh start might not be all that bad...
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IPV6 not will not fix spywayre, popups or virus anymore than replacing the MailMan trucks with new hotrod vehicles will stop credit card junk mail
 
elguapo said:
Its just the fact that this would be such a global change. IPv4 has been around since the conception of the internet, and a change would potentially creat 2 different internets, one on v4 and one on v6 for people with potentially more money to convert to the new standard. If we reall want to keep doing what we are doing, registering domains, creating websites, adding suffixes, then this is necesary for the continuation of the internet. Maybe this is a good idea too, a fresh start on a whole new system. No spam? No viruses? No spyware and pr0n popups all over the place? Yeah i think a fresh start might not be all that bad...
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I'm not quite sure where you're coming from, but a whole new internet is not what's being started with v6. IPv4 & v6 would co-exist, and in fact already does co-exist, on the internet today. And switching to a new protocol (as it's just been said), does not stop spam, viruses, or spyware whatsoever.

At this point, v6 is not a matter of 'if'. Network's are currently transitioning to v6.
 
Im imagining a global wide troubleshooting nightmare with upgrading the basic internet protocol and my head hurts already.

Maybe this is sign to move to a different industry. :eek:
 
One of the major differences between IPv4 and IPv6 is that v4 is 32-bit, while v6 is 128-bit addressing scheme.
 
CeD said:
One of the major differences between IPv4 and IPv6 is that v4 is 32-bit, while v6 is 128-bit addressing scheme.
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The big confusing part is that its shown in hexadecimal format, which to this day still gives me a headache trying to decipher.
 
yeah but there'll be enough room for your pets to have ips too, so its all good!
 
IPv6 is actually rolled out in production environments in several parts of the world already. Asia, for instance, has a much fewer IPv4 addresses assigned to it than it needs and wholeheartedly embraced IPv6 last decade when the plans were being drawn up. If you want to know more, check out the 6bone website. There are IPv4<->IPv6 "translators" out there allowing IPv6 enabled devices to provide services for the internet.

Uptake has been regrettably slow in the United States and Europe, as well as in the software development community. While both XP and Linux/BSD have had IPv6 support for some time, there are few applications that are supporting it to a great deal. More things are coming online for the open source world than Windows, but nowhere near enough so that you can sit down with your BSD machine, ask your ISP for an IPv6 address, and get up and running.

Also, because there isn't a massive "address crunch" in the US/EU at the moment, we're dragging our heels a bit. It's a technology that I would love to see take off and completely replace IPv4, but I'm afraid that it won't happen for at least another decade.
 
VileSilencer said:
At this point, v6 is not a matter of 'if'. Network's are currently transitioning to v6.
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Yep. The backbone went to dual v4/v6 about 3 months ago, IIRC. However, the transition phase is 10-20 years.

If you want to comment on "scary" tech transitions, the analog->digital TV conversion is a good one, as it'll be much more abrupt.
 
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