We’ve seen internet-enabled holiday displays before, and we know IPv6 offers much more space than the older IPv4 addressing scheme that most of us still use today, but the two have never been ...

Internet pioneer Huston questions the introduction of IPv6, which has provoked controversial reactions. Gert Döring weighs up ...

When it comes to personal networks, simplicity is key, and the idea of transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6 addresses seems crazy. However, with the increasing number of ‘smart’ devices ...

3. It needs to acquire an IP address of its own, so that other computers will be able to send messages to it. In IPv4, these functions are all handled by different protocols, but in IPv6 they have ...

The main reason for adopting IPv6 is to address the shortage of IPv4 addresses, a challenge that has existed since the early days of the Internet. Derek Fernandez, a legal expert in communications ...

Geoff Huston questions the goal of completely replacing IPv4 with IPv6. Thanks to CDNs and mobile traffic, address scarcity is no longer a major problem. If you talk to networkers about IPv6 ...

What is IPv6? IPv6 is the more advanced version of the Internet Protocol which will eventually replace IPv4. Every device connected to the internet requires its own IP address to communicate with ...