Mele20Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
kudos:4 | reply to aefstoggaflm
Re: IPv6 enabled, when? I researched this subject last year when Avira jumped the gun and screwed up everyone who had the free version with their IPv6 experiment on us. The users of Avira paid versions were not experimented on so they continued to get updates with no problems but us free users had a nightmare for about 4-5 months with Avira lying about it at first, then admitting when they got cornered with clear evidence, and then finally they removed the experiment. Anyhow, I installed IPv6 on one of my XP Pro virtual machines and I tried tunneling to get the Avira updates (I was desperate like we all were here in the USA...Europe users were mostly ok because that is where IPv4 is running out of addresses and IPv6 has been more likely to be implemented by ISPs there than in the USA where the attitude is quite different).
I don't see any bookmarks about IPv6 on this Opera I am using but I may have them on a virtual machine or even another browser. I don't have time to go looking now. You can do the research yourself. My ISP has stated that there will be no move to IPv6 for residential RR users until 2011 at the earliest and most likely not until 2012 or 2013 and IPv4 will be retained for many years alongside IPv6 when the move is finally made.
I have a Cisco/Linksy BEFSR41 version 3 router. I don't want a wireless router and the last version of the BEFSR41 is version 4. It is still being sold. I use the last beta (European not USA) firmware issued by Linksy in 2005.
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 aefstoggaflmOpen Source FanPremium
join:2002-03-04
Bethlehem, PA
kudos:2
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| said by Mele20:My ISP has stated that there will be no move to IPv6 for residential RR users until 2011 at the earliest and most likely not until 2012 or 2013 and IPv4 will be retained for many years alongside IPv6 when the move is finally made. Well, they better get moving real soon..
From Security Now! with Steve Gibson, Episode 259, recorded July 28, 2010: Q&A #97.]
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The IANA made some news this week by reminding us again that the Internet is running out of IPv4 addresses.
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The general consensus is, sort of like the average consensus, is around this time next year, around July of 2011, we're out.
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 drewAutomaticPremium
join:2002-07-10
Port Orchard, WA
kudos:6
 ·wavebroadband
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said by Mele20:I have a Cisco/Linksy s BEFSR41 version 3 router. I don't want a wireless router and the last version of the BEFSR41 is version 4. It is still being sold. I use the last beta (European not USA) firmware issued by Linksy s in 2005. Fixed.
Also: *object*
Far more pressing matters to attend to.
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Mele20Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
kudos:4 | "Fixed" and "object"? What is fixed and to what do you object? |
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 Dude111An Awesome DudePremium
join:2003-08-04
USA
kudos:10 | reply to drew
I agree!!!!
This change to v6 will cut alot of us off!! (Unless the hardware converts it which will most likely cause SLOWDOWNS) |
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 SeleniaI love DebianPremium
join:2006-09-22
Lanesboro, MA
kudos:2
·Verizon Online DSL
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| Please research the topic, including enabling IPv6 in your OS, before spreading FUD like that. I mean, exactly what needs converting? We are talking about enabling an extra real or virtual network interface with another IP address, which happens to be an IPv6 address. How do you propose that will affect the interface that's on IPv4? Also, if a site is IPv6 only(which nobody here is proposing) and your connection is IPv4-only, it's at the software level(your OS) that tunneling gets enabled. That can cause a little bit of slowdown if the particular tunnel is overloaded, but it should be able to output as much bandwidth as any other server on the internet. Do a little research Dude111  and you'll find your fears are unfounded and BBR will work fine for you still.
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 TomS_Git-r-donePremium,MVM
join:2002-07-19
Ireland
kudos:1
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said by drew:Far more pressing matters to attend to. Can you elaborate?
I am genuinely interested to know what is far more important to the Internet right now than what protocol we are going to use to access it into the future. |
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