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Internet Society announces World IPv6 Launch day for June 6

Discussion in 'TechSpot News and Comments' started by Matthew, Jan 18, 2012.

  1. Matthew TechSpot Editor, Community Manager

    The Internet Society has announced that it's working with major ISPs, makers of home networking equipment and Web companies to permanently enable IPv6. Said to be the largest transition in…

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    Matthew, Jan 18, 2012
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  2. Guest

    why not skip straight to ip8!
    Guest, Jan 18, 2012
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  3. Rasta211 Newcomer, in training

    I'm trying to write this 34 undecillion number. Does that mean I write the number 34 followed by 36 zero's to get undecillion?
    Rasta211, Jan 18, 2012
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  4. Holyscrap Newcomer, in training

    its 340 undecillion so its 34 with 37 zeroes followingso the magic number is 3.4e+38 or
    <<340000000000000000000000000000000000000>>
    Holyscrap, Jan 18, 2012
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  5. Guest

    I lost count after 34 trillion..... :(
    Guest, Jan 18, 2012
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  6. PinothyJ TechSpot Enthusiast

    That is interesting. Internode, a South Australian ISP, has recently been purchased by iiNet, another Australian ISP, which already owns Westnet (a Western Australian ISP) yet the latter are not participating :S?

    How strange…
    PinothyJ, Jan 18, 2012
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  7. Scshadow TechSpot Enthusiast

    I'm scared of the day we outgrow IPv6. I mean... we could say its impossible and logically thinking it probably actually is, but oh how many times in the past have we proclaimed things impossible when it comes to tech.
    Scshadow, Jan 18, 2012
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  8. Guest

    I wonder if we can dispose of NAT on our routers. So each device on a LAN can have its own external IP?
    Guest, Jan 18, 2012
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  9. Guest

    Hahaha..Well said...
    Guest, Jan 18, 2012
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  10. Guest

    NAT?

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4669
    Guest, Jan 18, 2012
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  11. Per Hansson TechSpot Server Guru

    We will never outgrow IPv6, there are more addresses available than there are grains of sand on this planet.
    That being said it could become outdated for some other reason, but not due to running out of a address space I assure you!
    Per Hansson, Jan 19, 2012
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  12. yRaz TechSpot Enthusiast

    What if we give all the sand an IP address?
    yRaz, Jan 19, 2012
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  13. Burty117 TechSpot Chancellor

    I reckon we'll start to get low on IPv6 addresses when we either discover aliens and we integrate our networks with theirs, Or we start to colonize other planets and we really do start to grow the size we currently are on multiple planets, thinking Mass Effect style.
    Burty117, Jan 19, 2012
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  14. SCJake Newcomer, in training

    Never say never my friend. just like we'll never have biocomputers... cough cough israel cough cough

    i mean its totally impossible to make a computer out of 100% DNA right? we'll never have one cough cough israel cough cough
    SCJake, Jan 19, 2012
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  15. jobeard TechSpot Ambassador

    Conceptually, but for administration and control reasons, we are better off with NAT.
    Consider the level of skill a home user would need to defend him/herself if directly attached to the network.
    The SPI feature alone in our routers is worth setting behind a NAT router.
    jobeard, Jan 19, 2012
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  16. Somian Newcomer, in training

    yeah… perhaps, one day, there will be trillions of nano-bots in our drinking water, cleaning it. But with this number, we could fill the oceans with nanobots and they could still have their own IPv6 :D
    Somian, Jan 20, 2012
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