Mele20Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
kudos:4 | reply to TomS_
Re: IPv6 enabled, when? No need yet. You have jumped the gun just as Avira antivirus jumped the gun and caused tons of problems last year for their free version users. Eventually, after many complaints in their forum they removed the IPv6 experiments. Of course, long before they admitted their mistake most of us had reverted to Avira version 8 which is IPv6 unaware.
I have XP Pro. It is IPv6 unaware unless I download and install special software from Microsoft to force it to be IPv6 aware. I also have a Cisco router that will be 7 years old in November. It is IPv6 unaware and Cisco is not going to issue new firmware for an old router. When my ISP migrates all us Road Runner residential subscribers to IPv6, I, along with many users, will be forced to purchase a new router. My ISP is not even testing IPv6 yet and has said it will be several years before
any migration takes place and even then IPv4 will still available for those of us with older routers, etc.
IPv4 is NOT on its last legs in the USA. The situation in other parts of the world is a problem possibly in those areas but there is NO IPv4 scarcity in the US currently.
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 TomS_Git-r-donePremium,MVM
join:2002-07-19
Ireland
kudos:1 | said by Mele20:IPv4 is NOT on its last legs in the USA. The situation in other parts of the world is a problem possibly in those areas but there is NO IPv4 scarcity in the US currently. I am interested as to how you come to that conclusion, since all IPv4 is allocated from a common pool (managed by IANA) to the 5 regional authorities.
There are only 16 /8's left to be allocated. Once the number of unallocated /8's reaches 5, they will automatically be assigned, 1 each, to the 5 RIRs. The latest estimate for exhaustion of these is December - thats 6 months away...
The situation in the US is just the same as the rest of the world, its getting tight.
While yes it is true, IPv4 will continue to operate, its not going to be a "flick the switch and everyone is on IPv6, ready or not" type transition, but its never too early to be IPv6 enabled. |
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 nwrickertsand groperPremium,MVM
join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL
kudos:7
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| said by TomS_:but its never too early to be IPv6 enabled. Tell that to my ISP.
I have been ready enough for at least 8 years. My ISP is still not ready.
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TomS_Git-r-donePremium,MVM
join:2002-07-19
Ireland
kudos:1 | My ISP at least has been IPv6 enabled nationally for a year or two now and is offering native connectivity for residential (ADSL) and business (whatever connectivity) customers.
They werent one of the first, but they wont be one of the last and thats the important bit.  |
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