Is the Internet dead then? Hardly, because of course IPv6, the replacement for IPv4, has been with us for decades and has a much larger 128-bit address space. The problem is that there is a huge ...

The IPv4 uses a 32-bit address scheme allowing us to store 2^32 addresses (4.19 billion addresses). IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) was deployed in 1999 concerning that the demand for IP ...

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 ...

Organisations without spare IPv4 addresses in reserve will need to assign addresses from the newer IPv6 range to devices in order for them to connect to the internet. The IPv6 range has been ...

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 ...