Even though there is still some IPv4 address space available, the American Registry of Internet Numbers (ARIN) free pool is now depleting. So, if you’re a network operator or a content company, it’s ...

Like a dangerous intersection that has existed for years, sometimes it takes a death or other tragic warning to spur people to action. Such a warning came earlier this year, when the last of the ...

Word around the net is that there's a new website technology that allows for a faster, safer web browsing experience, and it's called IPv6. As it turns out, this protocol isn't new at all, but instead ...

With the exponential rise of internet devices throughout the world, it comes to no surprise that IPv4 will no longer be suitable for the large demand of network connectivity. That is why we have IPv6, ...

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The number of Internet addresses available using the current generation of Internet infrastructure built on IPv4 technology will run out by 2005, jeopardizing the continued development of both fixed ...

If you are using Internet or almost any computer network you will likely using IPv4 packets. IPv4 uses 32-bit source and destination address fields. We are actually running out of addresses but have ...

The time is ripe for your business to migrate to IPv6, but you need to keep your new connections safe. Internet Protocol version six (IPv6) is the way that internet communication will be handled for ...

While IPv6-enabled devices may send out feelers to see if the infrastructure has IPv6-enabled DNS and other services running, they will generally fall back to IPv4 when there is no response. If a ...

In my past two columns I’ve talked about why implementing IPv6 on your network is a good idea, and delved deep into the IPv6 header. I’ll now conclude this series with a detailed look at IPv6 ...