Going to IPv6 isn't going to be easy

Recently, I've been writing a lot about IPv6, the next generation of the Internet Protocol that makes the Internet and most home and business networks go. Now, like it or lump it, we, starting with our businesses and mobile devices and eventually our home networks, are all going to have to move to IPv6.
Complete info at IT World.

2010-08-06 17:07:09, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6346

vSphere's networking features: distributed vSwitches; private VLANs; IPv6

VMware's vSphere 4 brings a number of new vSphere networking features to the table, including tighter VM traffic management and control with the vNetwork Distributed Switch (vDS) , as well as support for third-party virtual switches (vSwitches). Along with that come a new high-performance virtual NIC, VMXNET3, the ability to create private VLANs and support for IPv6.
Complete info at SearchNetworking.

2010-08-06 17:05:56, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6345

IP Australia adopts CMS, Web 2.0 tools

IP Australia is looking to implement a content management system for its websites and potentially Intranet by March 2011, in an attempt to improve communication and information flow to clients.
Complete info at ComputerWorld and NetworkWorld.

2010-08-06 17:04:10, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6344

Belgium National Internet eXchange Selects Force10 Networks to Deliver High Performance and Best-in-Class Reliability to Customers

Force10 Networks, Inc., a global technology leader that data center, service provider and enterprise customers rely on when the network is their business, today announced that the Belgium National Internet eXchange (BNIX) has selected its ExaScale™ E-Series family of switch/routers for the scalable, cost-effective delivery of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) peering services to its enterprise business and service provider customers.
Complete info at EarthTimes, EON and NewsBlaze.

2010-08-06 16:54:31, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6343

IPv6: Some Are on Track, Some Are off the Rails

According to much recent conjecture, we'll exhaust the current IPv4 address space sometime between April and July 2011. The question is: Will the Internet collectively make the transition to IPv6 on time?
Complete info at InternetEvolution.

2010-08-06 16:45:20, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6342

LifeSize Strengthens Commitment to U.S. Federal Market with JITC Certification

To extend its reach into the U.S. federal market, LifeSize® Communications, a division of Logitech, has achieved Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) certification for select LifeSize Room™, Team™, and Express™ HD video conferencing systems and the LifeSize Networker™ gateway.
Complete info at EarthTimes, StreetInsider and MarketWatch.

2010-08-06 16:43:22, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6341

IPV4 vs IPV6

IP, the Internet Protocol, is one of the pillars which support the Internet. Almost 20 years old, first specified in a remarkably concise 45 pages in RFC 791, IP is the network-layer protocol for the Internet.

In 1991, the IETF decided that the current version of IP, called IPv4, had outlived its design. The new version of IP, called either IPng (Next Generation) or IPv6 (version 6), was the result of a long and tumultuous process which came to a head in 1994, when the IETF gave a clear direction for IPv6. IPv6 is designed to solve the problems of IPv4. It does so by creating a new version of the protocol which serves the function of IPv4, but without the same limitations of IPv4. IPv6 is not totally different from IPv4: what you have learned in IPv4 will be valuable when you deploy IPv6. The differences between IPv6 and IPv4 are in five major areas: addressing and routing, security, network address translation, administrative workload, and support for mobile devices. IPv6 also includes an important feature: a set of possible

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2010-08-06 10:33:54, Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ipv6ActNow/~3/wdIe7_gD5Ds/

The advantages and disadvantages of IPv6

IPv6 is considered the future successor of the old internet protocol, IPv4. Although Ipv6 has began serving in the current time, IPv4 is still the main controller of the market. Yet, IPv4 is suffering from a serious exhaustion and problems which are giving focus to the upcoming IPv6.

Both IPv6 and IPv4 are Internet protocols for addresses. This means that each of them is a numerical system which allows each computer connected to the internet to be recognized by a specific IP address. This is an essential role for the internet since computers communicate using numbers rather than names. Yet, humans have developed the DNS (domain name system) to solve the problems associated with interacting with the Internet Protocols. In fact, domain names are simply alpha-numerical combinations stored in specific servers and each pointing to a specific IP address. For instance, when a user calls the

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2010-08-06 10:28:43, Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ipv6ActNow/~3/QHMEOUrqzKM/

Two More Gone; IPv4 address space now at 5.5%

Yesterday, the IANA allocated two IPv4 blocks (49/8 and 101/8) to the Asia-Pacific registry.

The IANA IPv4 pool has just 5.5% free. If you exclude the 5 block final-allocation reserve, the pool is at 3.5% (just 9 /8s).

If you haven't already started your IPv6 deployment, you're already behind.

2010-08-06 09:34:09, Source: http://www.personal.psu.edu/dvm105/blogs/ipv6/2010/08/two-more-gone-ipv4-address-spa.html

ATT holds an online IPv6 Chat SessionIPv6 News

ATT had an IPv6 Chat Session today. See the transcript for all the details.

2010-08-06 06:28:52, Source: http://www.fix6.net/archives/2010/08/06/att-holds-an-online-ipv6-chat-session/http://www.ipv6news.info