3 things to know about IPv6 as World IPv6 Day approaches

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June 6, 2012, World IPv6 Day, is almost upon us. On that day, many major ISPs and Web sites will add IPv6, the next generation Internet protocol, to their existing network stacks. So: Should you start panicking now or should you wait a bit?

Actually, you don’t need to panic at all. Come the morning of June 6, the sun will still rise in the east, kitty cats will still purr in your lap when you pet them, and the Internet will continue to work just fine after you boot up your computer.

What will have happened on that day is that numerous major ISPs, such as Comcast and Time-Warner Cable, and Web sites, including Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, will offer their services with IPv6 in additional to “classic” IPv4. All these major Internet powers have been working on deploying IPv6 for years, and there’s no reason to believe that a mass roll-out of IPv6 is going to cause any Internet trouble.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/3-things-to-know-about-ipv6-as-world-ipv6-day-approaches/2437

 

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Good article thanks. I have been IPv6 for 6 months and my router is enabled.

 

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Internet lights up with new IPv6 connections

The next-generation Internet technology called IPv6, vastly more accommodating than its predecessor, began arriving for a small but significant fraction of Internet users today.

Several technology powerhouses are trying to encourage adoption the IPv4 sequel through an Internet Society event called the World IPv6 Launch that began today. (Well, actually it started at 5 p.m. PT yesterday -- blame the time-zone complications of global events.)

But start it did. The organizers want to keep tabs on the IPv6 performance during this sensitive introductory phase, and their data shows the arrival of IPv6 connections.

I use the IPvFoo Chrome extension to keep an eye on IPv6 services -- something I can do since my ISP can use it. It showed Google and Facebook already offering IPv6 on major sites such as Bing.com, Google.com, Gmail.com, and YouTube.com. Earlier, I'd have to use IPv6-specific addresses such as http://ipv6.google.com/ to get IPv6 services.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57448090-93/internet-lights-up-with-new-ipv6-connections/

http://news.cnet.com/2300-1001_3-10012530.html

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IPv6 Launch: Amazon, eBay, Twitter Sit on Sidelines

The Internet's biggest players -- including Facebook, Google, Yahoo and Bing -- are turning on IPv6 today as part of the World IPv6 Launch Day challenge coordinated by the Internet Society. But which websites are not ready to support the next-gen Internet Protocol?

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscent...bay_twitter_sit_on_sidelines.html#tk.rss_news

 

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Re: IPv6 Launch: Amazon, eBay, Twitter Sit on Sidelines

Another source

http://arstechnica.com/information-...launch-gets-27-percent-of-page-views-on-ipv6/

 

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What IPv6 means for you (FAQ)

nternet Protocol version 6, otherwise known as IPv6, launches today, opening a way to for all of us to keep connecting a wider range of ever-more esoteric devices to the Internet. Why IPv6 is important to you
Without IPv6, we would soon hit the upper limit of connectable devices. IPv4, the current standard, offers only 4.3 billion addresses and they're getting gobbled up. As my colleague Stephen Shankland notes, it's a real problem for businesses that want to set up new Internet services or for carriers that want to sell another few million smartphones.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57...faq/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-BusinessTech