If you are using Internet or almost any computer network you will likely using IPv4 packets. IPv4 uses 32-bit source and destination address fields. We are actually running out of addresses but have ...
It would have been so easy if the early Internet and TCP/IP network designers had made IPv6 backward compatible with IPv4. They didn't. In 1981, IPv4's 32-bit 4.3 billion addresses look more than ...
In the world of networking, most people are familiar with IPv4. These numerical labels, like 192.168.2.1, have been used to identify devices for decades and have been the primary addressing scheme ...
The Internet Protocol (IP) developedduring the mid-1970s, is the backbone of a family of protocols thatincludes TCP, UDP, RIP, and virtually every otherprotocol used for Internet communications. The ...
Word around the net is that there's a new website technology that allows for a faster, safer web browsing experience, and it's called IPv6. As it turns out, this protocol isn't new at all, but instead ...
Rate your favorite Cisco Press books. Years of innovation and work to continuously improve various transport technologies and network elements led operators to have high expectations of their networks ...
Most migrations from IPv4 to IPv6 will occur gradually over networks that contain a mix of IPv4 and IPv6 routers and hosts. Companies wishing to facilitate the transition should ensure that all new ...
In my last column, I explained preparing your network for IPv6 is a good idea. In this edition, we’ll peek under the hood of the IPv6 header and see how it’s put together. The IPv6 header is, ...