| New factors may drive IPv6 adoption | |||
| Posted by: Jordi on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 09:36 AM | |||
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Years ago, naysayers claimed that the IP address system would soon run out of addresses and that we would be stuck in an Internet Protocol version four (IPv4) world, teetering towards disaster. The only way out was to migrate to the next-generation address paradigm, IPv6. | ||
| But few have made that migration, particularly in the U.S., and the sky has yet to fall, thanks to tricks such as Network Address Translation (NAT), which helps organizations conserve IP addresses.
But now more and more IPv6-compatible products are hitting the market, sparking more interest in the technology. SearchNetworking.com caught up with Burton Group research director Dave Passmore to discuss IPv6. Click here for the complete interview. |
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