Migration has been gradual, but the move to IPv6 could speed up with IPv4 addresses running out The argument about how best to upgrade the Internet’s main communications protocol raged in the Internet ...

The global transition from IPv4 to IPv6 has gained major traction, driven by the urgent need to accommodate a rapidly expanding number of internet-connected devices and the introduction of IPv6 ...

Today, the standard methods for moving the network/host address boundary are variable-length subnet masking (VLSM) for host addressing and routing inside a routing domain, and classless interdomain ...

Imagine for a moment that there were a nation-wide shortage of phone numbers. The 10-digit numbering scheme just isn’t cutting it anymore. The powers that be decide to expand the scheme, but rather ...

Discussion around the coming transition from IPv4 to IPv6 has heated up over the past year. Here’s what you need to know. Mike Hannah is product development manager, Ethernet & Infrastructure, for ...

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 ...

When you set up the first network for a small business, you may not give much thought to how the company's growth will affect your IP addressing scheme. By planning ahead at the beginning, you can ...

COMMENTARY--The number of Internet addresses available using the current generation of Internet infrastructure built on IPv4 technology will run out by 2005, jeopardizing the continued development of ...