What is IPv6?
The standard for the "plumbing" on which digital data moves. Next generation, currently being migrated to, version six of the Internet Protocol, whose acryonym is IP. The Internet of the 1970s through 2010 (at least) was and is built on IP version four (IPv4). TCP/IP, of which IP is a big chunk, is ubiquitious within computer networks large and small and has replaced things like NetBIOS, AppleTalk, and Novell IPX/SPX. IPv4 basically came out of the US's APRANet in the late 1960s, and has since matured and been streached and extended and layered upon since then. An IP address is a number used to route data from one network node to another. DNS is a system built onto IP whereby IP addresses are looked up from names. IPv6 is a re-write of the IP layer which provides a lot including a vastly improved pool of addresses (2^128 instead of 2^32), security (IPSec), quality of service (QoS). Data moved over IP includes web content (HTTP and HTTPS), email (SMTP), voice (VoIP), streaming video, and a huge amount more.
Why should I care about IPv6?
It's coming, like it or not, ready or not, and you might need to know something about it or even deploy and maintain it.
How do I upgrade to IPv6?
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How do I manage it?
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