How is IPV6 coming along?

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hamish225

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Topic # 68688 26-Sep-2010 13:08

so according to @IPv4Countdown on twitter, theres less than a year till all the allocatible ip's are used up.

what happens then?

when is my modem going to say connected with IPV6?

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Reply # 384517 26-Sep-2010 13:18

ISP's still have quite a few IPv4 addresses to give out to it's customers, this figure is just from free IP address space not taken up by anything. At the moment it's not possible to give out IPv6 addresses over Chorus's network without using a 6 to 4 tunnel.

Most ISP's are not IPv6 ready, which is a bit of a worry. So I won't expect the IPv6 Changeover to happen anytime soon.

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Reply # 384527 26-Sep-2010 13:37

IPV6 to end users won't be happening any time soon. For a start you'll need a IPV6 capable modem if you don't already have one, and the ISP needs to fully support IPV6.

I still don't believe we're anywhere close to running out of IP addresses in the next year.

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Reply # 384534 26-Sep-2010 14:03

Your modem probably doesn't even support IPv6.. and your ISP needs to support it as well..

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Reply # 384535 26-Sep-2010 14:04

michaelmurfy: . At the moment it's not possible to give out IPv6 addresses over Chorus's network without using a 6 to 4 tunnel.

Im on Xnet's Naked DSL plan over Chorus wholesale's network and I have native V6 atm.
(Using a Cisco 877)

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Reply # 384663 26-Sep-2010 20:48

hamish225: what happens then?

The whole internet blue-screens, we all go outside and get some sun, like the good ol' pre internet days.

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Reply # 384695 26-Sep-2010 22:42

kyhwana2:
michaelmurfy: . At the moment it's not possible to give out IPv6 addresses over Chorus's network without using a 6 to 4 tunnel.

Im on Xnet's Naked DSL plan over Chorus wholesale's network and I have native V6 atm.
(Using a Cisco 877)

Yeah I would have thought it would be ok given that the ISP handles layer 3 and above.

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Reply # 384872 27-Sep-2010 12:13

insane:
kyhwana2:
michaelmurfy: . At the moment it's not possible to give out IPv6 addresses over Chorus's network without using a 6 to 4 tunnel.

Im on Xnet's Naked DSL plan over Chorus wholesale's network and I have native V6 atm.
(Using a Cisco 877)

Yeah I would have thought it would be ok given that the ISP handles layer 3 and above.

IPv6 Does work as it's encapsulated along with IPv4.

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Reply # 384893 27-Sep-2010 12:39

The whole internet blue-screens, we all go outside and get some sun, like the good ol' pre internet days.

Nahh, we stayed inside and played with our ham radio sets, still no sun.

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Reply # 385140 27-Sep-2010 20:03

cyril7:
The whole internet blue-screens, we all go outside and get some sun, like the good ol' pre internet days.

Nahh, we stayed inside and played with our ham radio sets, still no sun.

Cyril

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and my family.

did the rounds every day.

twas great.

but when i was 9 we got a computer. i never left the house after that.

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Reply # 385234 27-Sep-2010 23:20

cyril7:
The whole internet blue-screens, we all go outside and get some sun, like the good ol' pre internet days.

Nahh, we stayed inside and played with our ham radio sets, still no sun.

Cyril

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Reply # 385321 28-Sep-2010 09:05

hamish225: when is my modem going to say connected with IPV6?

Looking at your signature, and the upload speeds there, I think you have to worry a bit more about other things your ISP can do before turning IPv6 on.

Just saying...

Back on topic, Geekzone was IPv6 enabled in our previous colocation provider, but we don't have an IPv6 address with our new datacentre provider. Not in a hurry though. As a content provider, we saw only about 50 unique visitors per month coming via IPv6, out of 650,000 total.

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Reply # 385337 28-Sep-2010 09:31

freitasm:
hamish225: when is my modem going to say connected with IPV6?

Looking at your signature, and the upload speeds there, I think you have to worry a bit more about other things your ISP can do before turning IPv6 on.

Just saying...

Back on topic, Geekzone was IPv6 enabled in our previous colocation provider, but we don't have an IPv6 address with our new datacentre provider. Not in a hurry though. As a content provider, we saw only about 50 unique visitors per month coming via IPv6, out of 650,000 total.

theyve actually gone up to 0.70 :)

and i thought that was about as fast as adsl went anyway?

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Reply # 385433 28-Sep-2010 13:19

hamish225:
freitasm:
hamish225: when is my modem going to say connected with IPV6?

Looking at your signature, and the upload speeds there, I think you have to worry a bit more about other things your ISP can do before turning IPv6 on.

Just saying...

Back on topic, Geekzone was IPv6 enabled in our previous colocation provider, but we don't have an IPv6 address with our new datacentre provider. Not in a hurry though. As a content provider, we saw only about 50 unique visitors per month coming via IPv6, out of 650,000 total.

theyve actually gone up to 0.70 :)

and i thought that was about as fast as adsl went anyway?

Until you get ADSL2 going... then it can get over 0.9. Fibre might happen in the next 10 years though.

Qualified in business, certified in fibre, stuck in copper, have to keep going ^_^

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Reply # 385478 28-Sep-2010 14:20

webwat:
hamish225:
freitasm:
hamish225: when is my modem going to say connected with IPV6??

Looking at your signature, and the upload speeds there, I think you have to worry a bit more about other things your ISP can do before turning IPv6 on.

Just saying...

Back on topic, Geekzone was IPv6 enabled in our previous colocation provider, but we don't have an IPv6 address with our new datacentre provider. Not in a hurry though. As a content provider, we saw only about 50 unique visitors per month coming via IPv6, out of 650,000 total.

theyve actually gone up to 0.70 :)

and i thought that was about as fast as adsl went anyway??

Until you get ADSL2 going... then it can get?over?0.9. Fibre might happen in the next 10 years though.

You need ADSL2 to get the 16Mbps down he's getting.

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Reply # 385483 28-Sep-2010 14:30

freitasm:
hamish225: when is my modem going to say connected with IPV6?

Looking at your signature, and the upload speeds there, I think you have to worry a bit more about other things your ISP can do before turning IPv6 on.

Just saying...

Back on topic, Geekzone was IPv6 enabled in our previous colocation provider, but we don't have an IPv6 address with our new datacentre provider. Not in a hurry though. As a content provider, we saw only about 50 unique visitors per month coming via IPv6, out of 650,000 total.

The point is that if content providers aren't IPv6 enabled then there is little reason for consumers to switch. Considering how the latest cutting edge technology is to this site I think, even if there are hardly any visitors you need to make a start. Is everything still in place for when Datacom do get IPv6?

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