It may not feel like it, but the Internet has been on the verge of seizing up for years. Like a city running out of space to build homes, the web is experiencing a serious shortage of new IPv4 addresses. And, just as cities adopt vertical building techniques to create more space, technicians have created a way out- IPv6. What is IPv6? IPv6 is the latest form of the Internet Protocol (IP), which provides a…
When you look at the progress major mobile carriers have made with IPv6, there’s no doubting the time for IPv6 is now. This week at PTC’20 Vision 2020 and Beyond, ARIN is convening a panel of experts to discuss how the mobile edge of the Internet is rapidly moving to…
Once you received IPv6 address space, what did you do with it? We recently went on social media and asked you to share the very first step you took after obtaining IPv6 address space. After all, an IPv6 deployment happens one step at a time. Here’s a look at what…
Despite more than a decade of evangelism on behalf of IPv6, the Internet community has not yet succeeded in moving the world to a new networking standard. Technologies like NAT and secondary markets for IPv4 numbers have introduced major economic efficiencies that have extended the life of IPv4. Along with…