Discussions of the migration from Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) to version 6 (IPv6) have been lively and sometimes contradictory. Opinions vary widely as to why it is needed and what role stopgap ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note that it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. The IPv6 movement has been ...

Almost two years ago, ZDNet ran an article entitled: "IPv6: It's about time." It seemed like IPv6 was ready for network prime time and would replace IPv4 as the dominant network protocol on TCP/IP ...

The time for IPv4 to IPv6 transition has finally arrived after more than a decade of forewarning. On Feb. 1, 2011, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) allocated the last freely available ...

The Internet Protocol (IP) is the most widely used communications protocol. Because it is the most pervasive communication technology, it is the focus of hundreds of thousands of IT professionals like ...

My whole life, I've never worried about ipv6. I know what it is, and why it's important, but for my local networks, it's just been easier to keep using ipv4. My current setup is pretty basic: I have ...

I'm looking for more information about having IPv4-only devices (embedded, legacy, etc) on a network that is otherwise IPv6-only, with IPv6-only Internet access. It's academic at this point, but I can ...