The World IPv6 Launch Day
It's IPv6 launch day. The launch of the world’s new Internet Protocol, IPv6, has started today (6th June). With official participation of over 3000 website operators, 50 network operators, and multiple home networking vendors, this is the largest concerted effort to move the industry towards IPv6 ever. Building upon the success of last year’s test run on World IPv6 Day, the Internet Society, with strong support from industry leaders, decided last January not merely to test IPv6 again, but to turn it on and leave it on.
As we all know that IPv4 is the current version of the Internet Protocol, the identification system the Internet uses to send information between devices. This system assigns a series of four numbers (each ranging from 0 to 255) to each device. IPv4 only allows for about 4 billion addresses and the Internet needs more room than that.
IPv6 is the new version of the Internet Protocol and expands the number of available addresses to a virtually limitless amount–340 trillion trillion trillion addresses. Wow, how much zero's will be there?? :)
Why we have to use this???
The Internet is running out of IPv4 addresses. Transitioning to IPv6 enables the Internet to continue to grow and enables new, innovative services to be developed because more devices can connect to the Internet. The problem is that the current Internet addressing system, IPv4, only has room for about 4 billion addresses -- not nearly enough for the world's people, let alone the devices that are online today and those that will be in the future: computers, phones, TVs, watches, fridges, cars, and so on. More than 4 billion devices already share addresses. As IPv4 runs out of free addresses, everyone will need to share.
You may be using IPv6 already, visit ipv6test.google.com or http://test-ipv6.com/ (For detail information) to find out. Many devices you use already support IPv6; however, the websites you visit and your Internet Service Provider must first enable IPv6 before you can use it.
Many other organisation and website providers along with operators are participating int the IPv6 launch. For more details, visit the World IPv6 Launch official website (). To get the list of participants please visit here.
For any further information visit the sites listed in this post.
If you like this post please Like or Comment. For any queries please contact me on "bookofknowledge.blog@gmail.com"
Cheers!!!
As we all know that IPv4 is the current version of the Internet Protocol, the identification system the Internet uses to send information between devices. This system assigns a series of four numbers (each ranging from 0 to 255) to each device. IPv4 only allows for about 4 billion addresses and the Internet needs more room than that.
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Why we have to use this???
The Internet is running out of IPv4 addresses. Transitioning to IPv6 enables the Internet to continue to grow and enables new, innovative services to be developed because more devices can connect to the Internet. The problem is that the current Internet addressing system, IPv4, only has room for about 4 billion addresses -- not nearly enough for the world's people, let alone the devices that are online today and those that will be in the future: computers, phones, TVs, watches, fridges, cars, and so on. More than 4 billion devices already share addresses. As IPv4 runs out of free addresses, everyone will need to share.
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- World IPv6 Launch on June 6, 2012, organized by the Internet Society, is the day participating major websites and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) permanently enable IPv6 and begin the transition from IPv4.
- We don't need to prepare anything for IPv6; our applications and devices will work just as they did before. This change is to make sure we can keep using the Internet in the future just as you do today.
- The complete transition to IPv4 to IPv6 will take time as every website and Internet Service Provider must make the switch. In the meantime, both systems will work together until IPv4 is no longer needed.
- Many major websites and Internet Service Providers now support IPv6, but there are still many more who need to switch. If you'd like to use IPv6, contact your Internet Service Provider asking them to provide you with IPv6 Internet access. You may also need to enable IPv6 on your home router or upgrade to a home router that supports IPv6. For a list of home router manufacturers that support IPv6, start here.
You may be using IPv6 already, visit ipv6test.google.com or http://test-ipv6.com/ (For detail information) to find out. Many devices you use already support IPv6; however, the websites you visit and your Internet Service Provider must first enable IPv6 before you can use it.
Many other organisation and website providers along with operators are participating int the IPv6 launch. For more details, visit the World IPv6 Launch official website (). To get the list of participants please visit here.
For any further information visit the sites listed in this post.
If you like this post please Like or Comment. For any queries please contact me on "bookofknowledge.blog@gmail.com"
Cheers!!!
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