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The IPv6 transition: what you can do to prepare (Podcast)

By | August 14, 2010, 7:43pm PDT

Summary: ARIN CEO John Curran and I talk about the IPv4 depletion and what you and your enterprise can do to prepare for the the IPv6 transition.

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Jason Perlow, Sr. Technology Editor at ZDNet is a technologist with over two decades of experience with integrating large heterogeneous multi-vendor computing environments in Fortune 500 companies. A long-time computer enthusiast starting the age of 13 with his first Apple ][ personal computer, he began his freelance writing career starting at ZD Sm@rt Reseller in 1996 and has since authored numerous guest columns for ZDNet Enterprise and Ziff-Davis Internet. Jason was previously Senior Technology Editor for Linux Magazine, where he wrote about Open Source issues from 1999 to 2008.

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  • It's a slow news day today.
    It's a slow news day today. All of the "OMG, we're screwed" stories are coming out. Running out of address space, the singularity is on our doorstep, everybody on Earth is gonna willingly strap a camera to themselves (LOL!), etc etc.

    Meh, not worth it. Going somewhere else for a while.
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    CobraA1
    14th Aug 2010
  • RE: The IPv6 transition: what you can do to prepare (Podcast)
    @CobraA1 Actually we are going to run out of IPv4 address spaces in the relatively near future. The last two big things that saved us from having to bother with IPv6 were CIDR (more efficient use of subnets) and NATing (hiding an entire subnet behind a single IP address). They allowed us to not have to think about the problem for another 18 years. Well that time is coming to an end.

    Case in point, Windows 7 has IPv6 enabled by default. Just look at the control panel properties of a network connection within Windows 7 -- IPv6 is on. In addition, Win7 tries to resolve names, e.g., www.zdnet.com, first using IPv6 not IPv4 .

    Another example is that any recent cable modem is IPv6 ready (DOCIS 3.0 spec).

    In other words, the tech world knows the end is nigh and is subtlety preparing for it... unbeknownst to most people.

    -M
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    betelgeuse68
    14th Aug 2010
  • RE: The IPv6 transition: what you can do to prepare (Podcast)
    @betelgeuse68 It might be a bit more transparent than most people think, however - after all, you're right, IPv6 is the default now.

    I think the biggest effect is that we'll start to see an increasing number of people be handed out IPv6-only IP addresses. Perhaps some older software designed around IPv4 may stop working for those people, but other than that you might not notice the difference.
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    15th Aug 2010
  • RE: The IPv6 transition: what you can do to prepare (Podcast)
    @betelgeuse68 No wonder Win7 is so damned slow at resolves!
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    16th Aug 2010
  • RE: The IPv6 transition: what you can do to prepare (Podcast)
    @betelgeuse68 Ubuntu Linux a couple of releases ago had IPv6 enabled by default, and it caused the Firefox browser to run at a snail's pace on my home network, although I didn't know the cause at the time. I estimated that data transfers with IPv6 were running at about 1/20th to 1/30th of the speed of IPv4. IPv6 is fine if your network is set up for it and you know what it takes to make it go. Otherwise, it isn't ready for prime time yet, at least for the casual home user who may have a mix of older and newer equipment. For 98% of the population, the subject is just too geeky and arcane.
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  • RE: The IPv6 transition: what you can do to prepare (Podcast)
    @betelgeuse68
    yea, i agree in Windows 7 has IPv6 enabled by default. Just look at the control panel properties of a network connection within Windows 7 -- IPv6 is on. In addition, Win7 tries to resolve names...Thanks for sharing!
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  • We will have to have something similar to NAT so that IPV4 networks can sit
    behind a single IPV6 ip address, then translate local IPV4 addresses to IPV6 at the gateway. IPV4 devices will live on for a very long time!!!
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    DonnieBoy
    15th Aug 2010
  • RE: The IPv6 transition: what you can do to prepare (Podcast)
    @DonnieBoy yea, single IPV6 ip address, then translate local IPV4 addresses to IPV6 at the gateway.
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  • RE: The IPv6 transition: what you can do to prepare (Podcast)
    IPv4 devices will indeed live on for a very long time. When you NAT them behind an IPv6 address, that still means that the device they want to reach has to be reachable over IPv6. If the internet keeps growing (which I don't doubt) some communication will need to go over IPv6...
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    15th Aug 2010
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