Today is World IPv6 Day. Don't worry, you don't need to send a card -- it's just a 24-hour test by Google, Facebook and many other websites of a new way of connecting to the Web.

Current IP addresses use the IPv4 format, which assigns users an IP address using four numbers, each from 1 to 256. (8.8.8.8 is an available DNS server IP address administered by Google, for ...

Therefore, an IPv6 address is eight groups of four hexadecimal digits separated by colons — 2001:0dc9:85a3:0043:0000:8a3e:0407:2374, for example.

Something is happening in IPv6, the next generation Internet Protocol that’s been waiting in the wings for the best part of a decade. Google has been allocated an address range, marking the ...

Working with ARIN to request IPv6 differs from IPv4 procedures Whenever I help a company deploy IPv6, the first question I’m asked is how to get provider independent IPv6 address space from ARIN.

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 ...

IPv6 address autoconfiguration, particularly through Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC) and Duplicate Address Detection (DAD), is a critical component ensuring seamless network ...

Learn how to use tools like nslookup, dig, and browser add-ons to diagnose IPv6 connectivity issues and ensure optimal browsing in a dual-protocol environment.

An unlimited source of Internet addresses to be on stream in Europe by 2010 Increasing demand for Internet based services means that there would not be enough addresses to support this expected ...