Future internet protocols and standards will not require compatibility with the original IPv4 addressing scheme, after the unallocated space of IPv4 addresses officially ran out. The Internet ...

The move from the Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addressing scheme to the new and vastly more expansive IPv6 has been going on so long that it is becoming more like a tradition than a transition.

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 ...

We just saw that the mask determines where the boundary between the network and host portions of the IP address lies. This boundary is important: If it is set too far to the right, there are lots of ...

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 ...

Customers noticed when BT tinkered with its network to test IPv6 equipment BT has started trials of the next version of the net's addressing scheme known as IP version 6. The global addressing system ...

Internet growth rates appear to have stalled as the current Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses become scarce, according to a report by the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC).