The next-generation Internet Protocol, IPv6, has been much discussed but long in coming around the world. I’ve been playing around with it on Linux and FreeBSD, as well as Windows, but having to use tunnel brokers overseas has put some brakes on my IPv6 experience.
This looks set to change now that FX Networks, a national backbone provider, has announced that its network is natively running IPv6 in parallel with IPv4. With IPv4 address space predicted to run out next year, New Zealand is sailing rather close to the wind on deploying IPv6.
[ Source : ZDNet Australia ]
