The format of an IP address in the newer 128-bit version of the IP protocol. Unlike IPv4's four sets of numbers separated by dots, IP addresses in IPv6 are represented as eight sets of four ...

How to statically address a Windows 2008 / Windows 2008 R2 Server How to statically address a Windows 7 Client System How to setup DNS for IPv6 on a Windows 2008 R2 ...

As much of the world nears an Internet address crunch, North America stands as an island apart, threatening to fragment plans for the biggest overhaul of the Web in 30 years. Global momentum is ...

The great migration from IPv4 to IPv6 has officially begun, after ICANN added the first addresses to its root servers that conform to the new version of the internet protocol. On Monday, ICANN, the ...

In addition to IPv4 (often written as just IP), there is IP version 6 (IPv6). IPv6 was developed as IPng (“IP:The Next Generation” because the developers were supposedly fans of the TV show “Star Trek ...

BT has started trialling IPv6 in small regions of the UK, alongside its usual IPv4 network. This comes a few weeks after Sky started pushing out a firmware update to enable IPv6 on some customers' ...

There are a few culprits that regularly contribute to delayed or failed IPv6 deployment projects, such as poor DNS planning, insufficient testing, unanticipated application behavior, and poor IPv6 ...

With interest in IPv6 accelerating and adoption heating up more attention is being paid to address planning, but where do you start? [ See also: IPv6 basics: Getting started with IPv6 ] Organizations ...

As I'm ramping up with IPv6 here I keep running into plenty of "how should this be done?" moments. End user subnets are easy, enable SLAAC, some DHCPv6 for DNS and let the hosts pick their own ...

Although IPv6 adoption seems to be moving at a snail's pace, there's no outrunning it. Brien Posey demystifies some of the addressing issues many admins are still trying to figure out. [Editor’s note: ...

Many hackers have familiar sayings in their heads, such as “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” and KISS (Keep it simple, stupid). Those of us who have been in the field for some time have habits that ...