topic Re: World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover in IPv6 Trial

World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:59:28 GMT

[quote=BBC News]Leading internet firms have set 6 June as the World IPv6 launch day.
IPv6 is the new net address system that replaces the current protocol IPv4, which is about to run out of spaces to allocate.
Web companies participating in the event have pledged to enable IPv6 on their main websites from that date.
The Internet Society, which made the announcement, said the day represented "a major milestone" in the deployment of the standard
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16601636

Re: World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover

Midnight_Caller — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:35:14 GMT

Will PlusNet be enabling IPv6 on:
01) PlusNet's main site ?
02) Community forum ?
03) e-Mail Servers ?
04) Home pages Servers ?
05) CGI Servers ?
06) Pay As You Host ?
07) Pay As You Host e-Mail Servers ?
08) Pay As You Host Home pages Servers ?
On 6 June 2012 permanently ?

Re: World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:47:44 GMT

Will Plusnet be issuing static IPv6 address blocks for customer connections by then ?

Re: World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover

jojopillo — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:02:42 GMT

HI Guys,
Just been speaking to Dave and once we have some firm ideas about what we're doing he will post here about it.
Jojo

Re: World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover

sdfranks — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:13:39 GMT

(Excited enough to emerge from lurking...)
Don't keep us waiting too long... and please let the answers be Yes to all the good questions above...
Priorities for me: web hosting, static address block, then everything else.
Ah, interesting times to be a network person.

Re: World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover

avatastic — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:22:27 GMT

Quote from: Midnight
Will PlusNet be enabling IPv6 on:
01) PlusNet's main site ?
02) Community forum ?
03) e-Mail Servers ?
04) Home pages Servers ?
05) CGI Servers ?
06) Pay As You Host ?
07) Pay As You Host e-Mail Servers ?
08) Pay As You Host Home pages Servers ?
On 6 June 2012 permanently ?

09) IRC server.

Re: World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover

dave — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:05:17 GMT

Hi guys,
Things are moving on with IPv6, we're just testing out some of the View My Broadband Usage functionality now (I'll put a new post out about that) and you'll have seen the posts about testing out IPv6 firmware on the Technicolor routers.
There are plans in place for IPv6 on the various websites, email, hosted services etc. as well as things like DNS but at the moment I can't give you any dates as to when any of them will be done yet, we'll keep you updated as each thing happens like I'll now go and post about VMBU.

Re: World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover

Midnight_Caller — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:15:27 GMT

@dave, Thanks for the update.

Re: World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover

kdhuk — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:06:43 GMT

Now we're there.................6/6/12.............. any updates on PlusNet's plans ?
http://www.worldipv6launch.org/

Re: World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover

VileReynard — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:36:46 GMT

How does NAT work at the local level over ipv6?
It works fine on ipv4.
I wouldn't want to expose most devices to the internet, directly.

Re: World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover

MJN — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:23:56 GMT

Quote from: Un
I wouldn't want to expose most devices to the internet, directly.

That's what a firewall is for.
Mathew

Re: World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover

Oldjim — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:25:28 GMT

How about this then http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18338948

Quote
However, due to the shortage of IP addresses, many devices - such as multiple computers in the one home - have to share addresses, which can often slow down connection speeds.

Re: World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover

MJN — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:30:24 GMT

They are referring to IPv4...
Although why they think sharing addresses slows down connection speeds is another matter entirely - sure there is an overhead but it is negligible. I suspect the author is confusing the sharing of addresses with the sharing of a connection's bandwidth.
Mathew

Re: World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover

VileReynard — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:01:50 GMT

Quote from: Oldjim
How about this then http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18338948
Quote
However, due to the shortage of IP addresses, many devices - such as multiple computers in the one home - have to share addresses, which can often slow down connection speeds.

It's not even half true - each device has a different address.

Re: World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover

kmilburn — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:11:44 GMT

The BBC are not technically wrong, it's a question of viewpoint.
While every device within your network has its own internal address, they all appear to the outside would as the same machine (the NAT router).

Re: World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover

Dev — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:36:04 GMT

Check your IPv6 readiness
http://test-ipv6.com/ ;

Re: World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover

RPMozley — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 22:46:12 GMT

Well, launch day came and went. Did anyone notice anything of substance in the general public arena?

Re: World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover

David_W — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:02:41 GMT

No one (who has IPV6) should have noticed anything really, if we did it'd be a problem! Only thing I've noticed about IPV6 recently is that if I'm looking for devices I check if it's IPV6 capable, like my new mobile phone, turns out that Windows Phone 7.5 isn't IPV6 enabled, can't remember if my PSVita is or not, I think it wasn't.

Re: World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover

MJN — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 09:37:53 GMT

It certainly seems to have generally gone without all the fuss and fanfare of last year's test day. Either the novelty has worn off or it is a reflection that there are less issues being faced by those that (now) support it.
It is a shame that many of the big players didn't take the plunge. I'd be interested in hearing what Plusnet did as they made quite a fuss about last year's pilot day.
Mathew

Re: World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover

MJN — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 09:46:40 GMT

Quote from: David
turns out that Windows Phone 7.5 isn't IPV6 enabled

What's going on there?! Both WM 5 and 6 were IPv6 enabled... One can only assume it was rushed out incomplete.
Mathew