[KLUG Members] Link of the Week - Introduction to IPV6

[Ted Juszczak]

Link of the Week - Introduction to IPV6

"According to experts, the Internet as we know it will face a
serious problem in a few years. Due to its rapid growth and the
limitations in its design, there will be a point when no more
free addresses are available for connecting to new hosts. At that
point, no more new web servers can be set up, no more users can
sign up for accounts at ISPs, and no more new machines can be set
up to access the web or participate in online games -- some
people might call this a serious problem."

"[One] approach to the problem of Internet addresses getting scarce is
to abandon the old Internet protocol with its limited addressing
capabilities, and use a new protocol that does not have these
limitations. The protocol -- or actually, a set of protocols --
used by machines connected to form today's Internet is known as
the TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol, Internet Protocol)
suite, and version 4 currently in use has all the problems
described above."

"Assuming a basic understanding of how today's IPv4 works, this
article is intended as an introduction to the IPv6 protocol. The
changes in address formats and name resolution are covered. After
that, it is shown how to use IPv6 -- even if your ISP doesn't
offer it -- by using a simple-yet-efficient transition mechanism
called 6to4. The goal is to to get online with IPv6, giving
example configurations for BSD Unix and Linux."

	http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/September/Newswire552.html

Ted & Thad Juszczak
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