| IPv6 seen as a boon for IT support staff | |||
| Posted by: Jordi on Monday, October 13, 2003 - 12:52 PM | |||
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Australian companies may be slow in transitioning to IPv6, but having more Automatic configuration features is a key benefit of the technology that will become more popular, said AARnet IPv6 working committee chair Michael Biber.
Speaking at the Connecting the Future 2003 conference in Sydney, Biber said the protocol will improve IT support. "The IPv6 protocol supports Autoconfiguration, which allows a kind of plug and play where devices can give themselves a local IP address so that they can connect with the local network and discover the resources that are available to them," Biber said. |
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