Yes, you heard me. IANA has only 2% of all IPv4 addresses left to hand out. In terms of /8 this is 7. Of these 7, five will be automatically handed out to the 5 regional registries meaning there are really only 2 /8s left up for grabs and rumor has it these will go early next year making and end to it all.
I just wonder how much media beat up it will get?
And the other burning question, are you IPv6 ready will soon be on everyones lips. I at least know my work is ready but still I haven't got native IPv6 yet and I've no idea about my home or mobile operators as to wether they will have IPv6 available anytime soon.
Even major content is still shy about IPv6, come on Google, it's time to get out from behind your Google over IPv6 program and offer native IPv6 to anyone who asks without some prior arrangement. It's not helping.
If you're worried about the .01% of people who might have an issue, make sure you make available lots of resources on how to fix their connectivity!!
Anyway, that's my IPv6 rant for today.
Hope you enjoyed!
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Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Thursday, 9 September 2010
Are we there yet? Sick of waiting for IPv6?
Just a quick one today.
I've been using IPv6 since the days of the 6bone and have been waiting ever since for commercial service. Initially I was only interested in IPv6 access at home but now that I look after my own commercial offering, I really want IPv6 available at work.
My provider (who also happens to be my parent company) has allowed me to join their trial of IPv6 via a tunnel from my Internet routers. This along with a /48 allocation of address space as at least allowed me to do a proof of concept and get all my infrastructure properly configure.
The big question is, with IPv4 running out within the year , why oh why am I still waiting for my service provider to get on board and provide IPv6 service?
I've now been told December this year but only if I sign up to a new Internet connection. I've yet to be told if they will be charging extra for IPv6 which would be counter productive. Given that my provider is my parent company, I have no choice but to wait, but what a long wait it's been.
I've been using IPv6 since the days of the 6bone and have been waiting ever since for commercial service. Initially I was only interested in IPv6 access at home but now that I look after my own commercial offering, I really want IPv6 available at work.
My provider (who also happens to be my parent company) has allowed me to join their trial of IPv6 via a tunnel from my Internet routers. This along with a /48 allocation of address space as at least allowed me to do a proof of concept and get all my infrastructure properly configure.
The big question is, with IPv4 running out within the year , why oh why am I still waiting for my service provider to get on board and provide IPv6 service?
I've now been told December this year but only if I sign up to a new Internet connection. I've yet to be told if they will be charging extra for IPv6 which would be counter productive. Given that my provider is my parent company, I have no choice but to wait, but what a long wait it's been.
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