To simplify things, the v6 specification provides myriad methods for abbreviating this notation. For example, the section of this address that is all zeroes can be abbreviated as 0043::8a3e.

This chapter focuses on IPv6 addressing and routing, in part because the primary motivation for the eventual migration to IPv6 is to relieve the address constraints of IPv4. This chapter also ...

This model gives every workload access to both an older IPv4 address and a newer IPv6 address. Sometimes it will use IPv6 and sometimes IPv4 - for example, many websites still do not support IPv6.

In 2008, barely any of the Internet had moved to IPv6. Today, the NRO said the shift is becoming more pronounced. In 2010, the five RIRs are expected to allocate over 2,000 IPv6 address blocks ...

Leading internet firms have set 6 June as the World IPv6 launch day. IPv6 is the new net address system that replaces the current protocol IPv4, which is about to run out of spaces to allocate ...

Suppose that an Internet host is dual stacked with an IPV4 and an IPV6 address. Can an A record and a quad A or an A6 record point to the same name? For example: blue.example.com. IN A 10.4.4.4 ...

To see how far the world has got in converting to the new scheme, Ripe Ncc, which oversees IP addresses in Europe, has been logging which networks have announced that they can handle IPv6 traffic ...

The UK government has sold spare IP addresses to a booming resale market - so now there’s a cash incentive to move to IPv6 sooner rather than later.