IPv6 News

Until now, a desktop computer has been the main gateway to the Internet for most of us. Yet, the next billion Internet users are likely to log on using a mobile device, and very soon everything in our homes will be equipped with network connectivity.
Complete info at ElectronicsWeekly.

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The latest news that the Internet is fast running out of IP addresses is not news at all to the Federal IPv6 working group.
Complete info at Federal News Radio.

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Real IP resource (real, public IP) addresses runs out, Armenian Datacom Company network administrator Tigran Afrikyan told NEWS.am-Innovation. According to him, ICANN — company engaged in distribution of IP addresses already informed that IPv4 addresses will shrink out probably by 2012.
Complete info at News.am.

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Comcast takes the plunge into the future.
Complete info at TechWorld and ComputerWorld.

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Comcast wants to run four IPv6 trials with real customers in the next two quarters, and is asking volunteers to sign up now.

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All the talk early this year seems to be about LTE deployment to alleviate chronic Apple and other smartphones induced indigestion on the AT&T and other major Mobile Networks swamped by data traffic.
Complete article at CircleID.

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Comcast will begin in April a series of public trials of three different mechanisms that are aimed at helping the Philadelphia-based ISP transition its network to IPv6, the next-generation Internet Protocol.
Complete info at NetworkWorld, ComputerWorld and CircleID.

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In 1999, while at Network World, Carolyn Marsan and I interviewed Vint Cerf about IPv6. Cerf was beseeching the entire industry to move as quickly a possible to IPv6 since IPv4 addresses were running out.
Complete info at RCPMag.

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John Jason Brzozowski from Comcast just posted an important note to NANOG concerning Comcast’s plans for IPv6. Since Comcast is the incumbent provider in Houston, Texas, it seemed relevant to bring that to the attention of the TXv6TF audience. The details of Comcast’s plans are available at http://www.comcast6.net. There is also a version of their [...]

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Comcast today announced plans to conduct production-network trials of IPv6 technology this year. The trials are aimed at helping identify and solve any areas of difficulty involved in the transition to IPv6, and to determine what approach will be the easiest and most seamless for its customers, says Jason Livingood, Comcast’s Internet System Engineer.

Comcast will test three IPv6 transition mechanisms:

• Phase one will use 6rd, a technique developed by French ISP Free that allows for rapid deployment of IPv6 by tunneling IPv6 traffic over IPv4 addresses.

• Phase two will support native IPv4 and IPv6 traffic running side-by-side in an approach dubbed dual-stack. This is Comcast’s preferred method of transition to IPv6 and may require the carrier to reclaim unused blocks of IPv4 addresses.

• Phase three will test a technique developed by Comcast called Dual-Stack Lite, which uses network-address translation to share one IPv4 address among many customers.

Related Links:

IPv6 Information Center

Preparing for the IPv6 Transition Comcast Blog

Comcast Launches IPv6 Trials Network World

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