Today we move to a larger internet.

Aunty Beeb said:
The old IPv4 system uses 32-bit addresses like this: 216.27.61.137

While an IP address under the new system will look more like this: 3ffe:1900:4545:3:200:f8ff:fe21:67cf

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18338948
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Geez it will be a right laugh on teamspeak asking for the ip.... :(

ok guys set up a new server it's i for india e for echo f for foxtrot f for foxtrot colon .....and you get the idea with that! ;)
 
edscdk said:
Hi, im jsut installing a new machine, what DNS server should I set it to use... "it's i for india e for echo f for foxtrot f for foxtrot colon ....."
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Doesn't work like that. You would say it like it's wrote.

For example..

example.com

PS - I notice you don't mean it the way I think you mean it.... you are on about setting an IP address. Yes? ... Yep I see what you mean.
 
It's about time that thhe adoption of IPv6 started to increase, but even with the way it's going I don't expect a fully IPv6 internet for at least 5 to 10 years. Luckily though there is no issue with IPv4 and IPv6 devices working side by side, as there is plenty in place to allow people with only an IPv4 address to connect to an IPv6 server, or people who have already been given an IPv6 address to connect to an IPv4 only server. This allows quite a bit of flexibility in terms of when people have to upgrade (instead of forcing everyone to do it at the same time).

To the average end user, it won't make much difference. But in terms of the evolution of the internet this is quite a big step.
 
[FnG]magnolia;22077648 said:
If my care meter goes from '0 - Twilight' to '100 - Justin is outside, I mean OMG LIKE RIGHT NOW, OUTSIDE MY HOUSE WHAT SHOULD I DO? SHOULD I FLASH HIM?', how happy am I here?
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You've got to be pretty happy.
Consider the scenario:
You've finished your latest pencil drawing of justin. It's just the way you want it. You spent 5 weeks just working on the shading around his left cheek. It's now perfect. Together with the other drawings, you now feel that your collection is complete and should be shared with the other justin lovers.
You quickly register the domain justinlove.com all that you need to do now is set up a server to hold the images and point the domain to that server. All is going well so far. UH OH! There are no v4 addresses left for your server. Now what do you do?
You resort to making multiple photocopies of your drawings and posting them around the justin fan club. The quality of photocopies is not what you wanted. IPv4 has let you down badly :(
You probably take your own life.


...so, yeah, IPv6 is a good thing.
 
edscdk said:
so if someone installs a new home server is there on the internet available for anyone to try and hack... thats a step back from IPV4 and nat i think...
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It will be just as open as it was with NAT and port forwarding. NAT wasn't developed to provide security, just extend IPv4's life.


edscdk said:
is there somethign in IP6 that some how provents remote machines probing other devices?
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Yes, firewalls, the massive address space that will be assigned to each network will also provide a security by obscurity (think how long it will take to scan 2^64 addresses (what a ISP should assign to a single network (I have doubts and wouldn't be surprised if end users are given a 2^56 address). I also believe Windows is set to create a random sending address by default instead of deriving it from its mac address.
 
touch said:
You've got to be pretty happy.
Consider the scenario:
You've finished your latest pencil drawing of justin. It's just the way you want it. You spent 5 weeks just working on the shading around his left cheek. It's now perfect. Together with the other drawings, you now feel that your collection is complete and should be shared with the other justin lovers.
You quickly register the domain justinlove.com all that you need to do now is set up a server to hold the images and point the domain to that server. All is going well so far. UH OH! There are no v4 addresses left for your server. Now what do you do?
You resort to making multiple photocopies of your drawings and posting them around the justin fan club. The quality of photocopies is not what you wanted. IPv4 has let you down badly :(
You probably take your own life.


...so, yeah, IPv6 is a good thing.
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I didn't realise just how serious this was. Photocopies are so Primark, ewww.

I'm now very behind IPv6. Very, very behind it.
 
mrbell1984 said:
NAT is useful. Especially for businessses that have 6000+ devices. I don't see a real reason to leave NAT just yet.
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Or you could do it properly and have a firewall built into the router (or as a separate piece of hardware), blocking traffic to all IP addresses except those you want to be able to receive the traffic... in essence no extra work, for a lot more gain and less breakage
 
Out if curiosity, does anyone here work in the IT department of a large/enterprise company that can comment if they have started to implement IPv6?
 
To put it bluntly for the people that don't really understand what is happening.

An IP address is the address of a machine, your computer, router, printer, laptop, phone, server... everything connected to a network, rather like your house is connected to a street or road and has an address.
Luckily it's pretty impossible for us to run out of home address' since there's so many parameters for finding one such as number, street, post code, county, city......

Unfortunately we're running out of address' for devices and web pages and thus IPV6 was introduced to add more digits and thus have more address's.
 
Emphacy said:
To put it bluntly for the people that don't really understand what is happening.

An IP address is the address of a machine, your computer, router, printer, laptop, phone, server... everything connected to a network, rather like your house is connected to a street or road and has an address.
Luckily it's pretty impossible for us to run out of home address' since there's so many parameters for finding one such as number, street, post code, county, city......

Unfortunately we're running out of address' for devices and web pages and thus IPV6 was introduced to add more digits and thus have more address's.
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but why?
why not just go through all the existing addresses and remove all the rubbish ones, therefore freeing them up for more less rubbish ones :p

seriously though, i still maintain, if its going to happen, and there is nothing the end user needs to do, why do google need to put a link on their main page to tell everyone about it?
 
paradisiac said:
but why?
why not just go through all the existing addresses and remove all the rubbish ones, therefore freeing them up for more less rubbish ones :p

seriously though, i still maintain, if its going to happen, and there is nothing the end user needs to do, why do google need to put a link on their main page to tell everyone about it?
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With the growth of mobile devices such as smartphones, and the huge increase in internet activity in growing economies there is simply no room for growth even if you redistributed all the unused and 'rubbish ones'.

As for the why put a link on their main page? well some people are interested in technology, if you are not, don't click the link. It's not like they force anyone to read it.
 
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