Comments on: IPv6 vs. IPv4 : Should You Care (Or Do Anything) As A User? [MakeUseOf Explains]

By: hazrat mohammad

hazrat mohammad — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:07:00 +0000

that’s very good

By: Danny Stieben

Danny Stieben — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 06:35:07 +0000

You should be fine with your current modem, I believe. I don’t play around much with modems, so if I’m wrong then my apologies.

By: Kaashif Haja

Kaashif Haja — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 12:03:38 +0000

I wanted to ask one thing!
If my ISP switches to IPv6, should i buy a new modem or continue with the same one?

By: vivek u

vivek u — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:30:56 +0000

Thanx for the information

By: Danny Stieben

Danny Stieben — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:12:29 +0000

That’s exactly right.

By: Choon Khai

Choon Khai — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 04:46:28 +0000

Oh that means, if only our ISP provides IPv6 service, then we can utilize this function..

By: kunal chopra

kunal chopra — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:10:35 +0000

you know all the machines ….i mean in defence of every country (particularly radioactive machines )..have ip addresses ?
so this address is of version 4…!!
ok so to suddenly activate version 6 is not possible…!!! got? i know u dint think that this could also be the reason but ya it is!!!
and also ..do you know that it would take complete 3 days to convert version 4 ip of whole world to version 6 ip..and the cannot happen coz for 3 days whole world will not be able to use internet!!!

By: Danny Stieben

Danny Stieben — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:24:29 +0000

Whoa wait, radioactive explosion machines? You’ll have to explain that one to me. :)

By: Danny Stieben

Danny Stieben — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:21:56 +0000

Thanks for the great write up!

Do you think wireless carriers use NAT translation as well when it comes to all the smartphones which are being used today? (If not, they should as that would definitely alleviate the problem with our IPv4 addresses.)

By: Danny Stieben

Danny Stieben — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:18:14 +0000

The only way you can switch is to find an ISP which offers IPv6; there’s nothing else you could do besides IPv6-over-IPv4 tunneling (you’ll have to Google that). Your computer and router should already be IPv6-ready.

Why do you need it so badly? :)

By: Danny Stieben

Danny Stieben — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:16:58 +0000

Your computer is most likely already IPv6-ready…it just depends on when your ISP actually gives you IPv6 service (which right now is highly unlikely).

By: Danny Stieben

Danny Stieben — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:16:03 +0000

I absolutely agree with you on what you said. Nothing else needs to be added. :)

By: Scutterman

Scutterman — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:49:01 +0000

It seems that even those who study history are doomed to repeat it. Every article I read on IPV6 makes a point of saying that when IPV4 originated they had no way of imagining that the addresses would ever run out, then the articles all go on to say that IPV6 will last us forever. They even go so far as to use analogies to grains of sand, blades of grass, and stars in the universe.
No-one ever seems to consider the possibility that we also don’t know what’s around the corner.
I always like to steal the from xkcd ( http://xkcd.com/865/ ) and use nanobots as an example of what could possibly use up so many IPV6 addresses that we overstretch, but there’s other examples such as mass-colonisation of other planets.

I think that, as soon as we finally have everyone running on IPV6, we need to start implementing the next generation. With any luck we may get it in place slightly before we run out this time, though I doubt I’ll be around to see it.

By: Choon Khai

Choon Khai — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:30:05 +0000

Okay, now how to configure our computer to IPV6?

By: Samuel George

Samuel George — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:11:36 +0000

how can i switch?