IPv6: When will we start using it?

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Nathan Sokalski

Those of you that are technical people probably know that IPv6 has existed
for several years now (I'd have to check for the exact amount). But none of
the Internet Service Providers that I have used or looked at since then are
offering to use it with their customers yet. I realize that it is a major
change because of the fact that older software might not be capable of
everything, all those people that refuse to upgrade their operating systems
(my dad still uses Windows 98, even though we have an extra XP system
sitting around) may have some problems, and all those companies with static
IP addresses will need to take care of some stuff. Even though it has some
backward compatibilities (It's been a while since I looked over the specs
for it, and even though I'm a developer, networking isn't my concentration),
it will be a big project for everyone. But I stopped hearing about it a
while ago, and with all the updates that have been going on lately (IE7 and
the increase in broadband usage, for example), I'm wondering when the
project will begin. Does anybody have any information on when the big
companies (Microsoft, Verizon, etc.) will start pushing this, and what some
of the next steps might be?
 
Those of you that are technical people probably know that IPv6 has existed
for several years now (I'd have to check for the exact amount). But none of
the Internet Service Providers that I have used or looked at since then are
offering to use it with their customers yet. I realize that it is a major
change because of the fact that older software might not be capable of
everything, all those people that refuse to upgrade their operating systems
(my dad still uses Windows 98, even though we have an extra XP system
sitting around) may have some problems, and all those companies with static
IP addresses will need to take care of some stuff. Even though it has some
backward compatibilities (It's been a while since I looked over the specs
for it, and even though I'm a developer, networking isn't my concentration),
it will be a big project for everyone. But I stopped hearing about it a
while ago, and with all the updates that have been going on lately (IE7 and
the increase in broadband usage, for example), I'm wondering when the
project will begin. Does anybody have any information on when the big
companies (Microsoft, Verizon, etc.) will start pushing this, and what some
of the next steps might be?
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Nathan,

Many folks have been asking that question. One of the problems is that there
are not a lot of folks using it, because there are not a lot of websites using
it. And vice-versa. The fact that Windows Networking under XP doesn't work
well with it probably doesn't help either.

IPV6 will be a native part of the network stack in Vista. But will Vista drive
its popularity?
<http://nitecruzrnews.blogspot.com/2006/05/does-ipv6-have-future.html>
http://nitecruzrnews.blogspot.com/2006/05/does-ipv6-have-future.html
 
The IP v6 stack is already alive and kicking in Vista (just look at your
connection's properties). What you need is an IP v6 network to connect to.
That means IP v6 router(s) and server(s), and these aren't very widespread
yet. In fact, I haven't yet seen any consumer IP v6 routers or switches yet,
and professional ones are *way* out of my budget.
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"Nathan Sokalski" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de (e-mail address removed)...
| Those of you that are technical people probably know that IPv6 has existed
| for several years now (I'd have to check for the exact amount). But none
of
| the Internet Service Providers that I have used or looked at since then
are
| offering to use it with their customers yet. I realize that it is a major
| change because of the fact that older software might not be capable of
| everything, all those people that refuse to upgrade their operating
systems
| (my dad still uses Windows 98, even though we have an extra XP system
| sitting around) may have some problems, and all those companies with
static
| IP addresses will need to take care of some stuff. Even though it has some
| backward compatibilities (It's been a while since I looked over the specs
| for it, and even though I'm a developer, networking isn't my
concentration),
| it will be a big project for everyone. But I stopped hearing about it a
| while ago, and with all the updates that have been going on lately (IE7
and
| the increase in broadband usage, for example), I'm wondering when the
| project will begin. Does anybody have any information on when the big
| companies (Microsoft, Verizon, etc.) will start pushing this, and what
some
| of the next steps might be?
| --
| Nathan Sokalski
| (e-mail address removed)
| http://www.nathansokalski.com/
|
|
 
It will probably be a sensible choice I guess if your entire network is
using Longhorn Server/Vista.
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Right.

So what will get an entire network using Longhorn / Vista? Is there really a
business case for that?
 
Does anybody have any information on when the big
companies (Microsoft, Verizon, etc.) will start pushing this, and
what some of the next steps might be?
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Look at computing history for your answer. Our company is still
running some 16-bit GUI MS-Windows applications. 16-bit GUI MS-Windows
applications first appeared in Windows 3.0 back in 1990. Now 17 years
later, Microsoft is finally dropping support for them in the operating
system. It's even worst for MS-DOS applications: you can run some MS-
DOS programs from 1981 on existing Windows XP machines. That's _25
years_ of compatibility!

IPV6 also yields little to no benefit for most companies. Why drop
Benjamins on something that doesn't produce immediate results?

Adam
 
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