[quote]At current estimates the pool of IPv4 addresses will run entirely dry in early November 2011.[/quote]
Eh? There's only ~31 days of IPv4 addresses left if you exclude the reserved blocks that won't be given out.
They've had years of preparation and they are only just getting around to it... :v:
Wow, I thought they gave up on IVP6, or something.
Took them long enough
To be honest, I think most ISPs will tunnel IPv6 through IPv4 for at least a year until they get shit working properly...
Either way, I can't wait. IPv6 is so much better in every way, besides memorising addresses :v:
[QUOTE=rieda1589;27391123]To be honest, I think most ISPs will tunnel IPv6 through IPv4 for at least a year until they get shit working properly...
Either way, I can't wait. IPv6 is so much better in every way, [B]besides memorising addresses[/B] :v:[/QUOTE]
IPv6 addresses are a PITA to remember, compared to IPv4 one's :smithicide:
[QUOTE=Van-man;27393248]IPv6 addresses are a PITA to remember, compared to IPv4 one's :smithicide:[/QUOTE]
I can see domains being used much more often for that reason.
It's good to see this, but I must respectfully disagree with one line:
"effectively unlimited number of addresses"
This is the same attitude we held in the 70's, and it's what brought us to the position we're in today, I'm hoping we don't jump onto IPv6 and just plan on coasting forever aboard, it'll be needing replacement in ~50 years at the latest as well.
[QUOTE=Libertas;27393498]It's good to see this, but I must respectfully disagree with one line:
"effectively unlimited number of addresses"
This is the same attitude we held in the 70's, and it's what brought us to the position we're in today, I'm hoping we don't jump onto IPv6 and just plan on coasting forever aboard, it'll be needing replacement in ~50 years at the latest as well.[/QUOTE]
With 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 addresses available I think its safe to say that until we start colonizing other planets and have a solar system wide internet we're probably not going to run out any time soon.
I also got a 0 on IPv6 readiness, does anyone know why?
[QUOTE=DaApocalypse;27393737]I also got a 0 on IPv6 readiness, does anyone know why?[/QUOTE]
Because your ISP, like mine (I might want to mention this to the University's IT department), hasn't made ready to use it in their systems.
Nevermind read the technical info
how is an IPv6 url different just wondering?
0/10 for IPv6. FUCK.
[QUOTE=Z Overlord;27394392]how is an IPv6 url different just wondering?[/QUOTE]
Domains will stay the same but IPs won't. IPv6 addresses are 128-bit groups of four hexadecimal separated by a colon, compared to 32-bit IPv4 addresses composed of just decimal (four octets, up to 255).
We don't have support for ipv6 yet, this will be interesting.
[QUOTE=y0haN;27395344]Domains will stay the same but IPs won't. IPv6 addresses are 128-bit groups of four [B]hexadecimal[/B] separated by a colon, compared to 32-bit IPv4 addresses composed of just decimal (four octets, up to 255).[/QUOTE]
i've never seen an ipv6 address with letters (abcdef)
aren't mac addresses like this?
[QUOTE=CapsAdmin;27397295]i've never seen an ipv6 address with letters (abcdef)
aren't mac addresses like this?[/QUOTE]
There are letters in an IPv6 address, for example: 4FDE:0000:0000:0002:0022:F376:FF3B:AB3F is a valid IPv6 address. The addresses can also be automatically configured by using part of the MAC address in the IP address of the machine to make it unique - [url]http://silmor.de/60[/url]
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