Miss Parts I and II? No need to search or stress–they're right here:Part I Part II. IPv6 Packet Format br>The structure of the IP packet header was modified in IPv6. These changes reflect some of the ...

This story originally appeared in TV Technology. Now that World IPv6 Day (June 8) is behind us, we can all take comfort in the fact that the Internet didn’t collapse when major companies including ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. With the transition to IPv6 network addresses gaining ...

IPv6 is a powerful enhancement to IPv4 with features that better suit current and foreseeable network demands, including the following: IPv6 increases the number of address bits by a factor of 4, from ...

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 ...

Today is the day IPv6 finally goes live. For as long as there has been an Internet IPv4 has been synonymous with IP and nobody really stopped to think about which version of the protocol it was. But ...

One glaring problem with IPv4 is that it supports only 4.2 billion possible addresses while, by some estimates, the number of internet-connected devices is expected to grow to 28.5 billion by 2022.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Now that World IPv6 Day (June 8) is behind us, we can all take comfort in the fact that the ...