But as the internet evolved, it quickly became clear that we would run out of IPv4 addresses to use, prompting the development of IPv6. In the years since, the availability of IPv4 addresses ...

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 ...

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 ...

You can now secure a loan using your IPv4 address as collateral – you’ll even still be able to access and use it.

The format of an IP address in the traditional 32-bit version of the IP protocol. For the foreseeable future, IPv4 will co-exist with the newer IPv6 version (see IPv6). IPv4 uses a "dotted decimal ...

to IPv6 (128-bit addressing) to avoid the specter of IPv4 address exhaustion and enjoy the boost from 4.3 billion to approximately 340 undecillion addresses being available. But even though IPv4 ...

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 ...

Good news for customers of Abingdon-based alternative network provider Gigaclear. The ISP has now confirmed to ISPreview that ...

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 ...