KittyF
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The New Internet
From:
http://www.businessinsider.com/take-a-look-at-the-new-internet-that-opened-for-business-today-2012-6#ixzz1x1yOpuUJ
"A few hours ago, a whole new Internet was switched on.
The old Internet is almost out of room. The new Internet is vastly bigger. It's ready for trillions and trillions more computers, devices, Web sites and the like."
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6/9/2012, 12:57 pm
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Frank Baron
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Re: The New Internet
And I can remember when my uncle's '58 Thunderbird was darn near the epitome of high tech.
What I wonder about, and have heard rumblings of, is an alternative Internet that exists apart of the current one.
Charlie? Slick?
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6/9/2012, 1:21 pm
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ChunkyC
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Re: The New Internet
Hard to believe that in a little more than half a century, we went from a time where the head of IBM couldn't imagine a worldwide need for more than four computers, to an era where a worldwide computer network capable of supporting four BILLION connected devices isn't big enough.
Frank, I'd have to do a little research, but I do believe there is such a critter. Slick may be able to clarify, but I think one of its purposes is to test out stuff like the IPv6 protocol mentioned in the article Kitty linked to.
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6/10/2012, 10:05 am
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Slick2097
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This is a big ol' can of worms here, i'll try not to go off on one with my explanation.
There are now technically two versions of "the internet", one using the current system of IPv4 which is close to running out of space, and one running IPv6 which is new and allows for 240 trillion trillion trillion addresses.
Without getting too technical, they both do the same thing, just in different ways. Its like the old Betamax / VHS solution. Both perform the same function but you can't use tapes designed for VHS on Betamax, likewise, IPv6 is not directly compatible with IPv4. Both can co-exist quite happily but a device from one, cannot directly communicate with a device from the other system.
However, unlike the old video tapes, some bright sparks have devised ways to translate between the two systems, so for the average home user, you'll never notice the difference. In fact, if you did notice, it would mean it was broken. However, this is messy and would only be used as a stopgap for maybe 10 years or so...
So, pretty soon you'll start seeing IPv6 kit in shops, your ISP may provide you with new kit to allow your home network to use it.
One important point to note is that we all need to move to IPv6, and sooner or later we will all have to move (as everyone who bought Betamax had to get a VHS eventually) but I cannot see that happening for 10 years or so however, pretty soon everyone will need to start to move.
Modern OS's (Windows Vista / 7 / OSx etc) all have IPv6 capability built in so the framework for this is already on most machines (you probably never noticed)
The main change will be the connection to your ISP that will need to be changed. I predict that the home router you get will be IP6 outward and IP4 inward with a large "nat" table which will translate the IP4 to IP6 addresses and allow your existing home kit to work on an IP6 internet. When the IP6 packets return, they get forwarded on to the private IP4 addresses. This is how most home systems work at the moment and would only require minor tweaking to bring it up to standard.
I've waffled a bit, so i'll stop. Basically, two internets, each can speak to each other via translation for now but eventually we will go to just IPv6, you probably wont even notice it happening and it will be good
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6/11/2012, 4:07 am
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qupie
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Your last four words sums it up perfectly for me.
Thanks, Slick.
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6/11/2012, 8:30 am
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ChunkyC
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You da man, Slick.
What's got me a tad nervous is that I built and manage our company's intranet (internal network). Naturally, it is currently IPv4 and I still get headaches trying to set things up properly so that our two locations can 'see' each other the way they should. The technowibble for IPv4 is mind-numbing enough, IPv6 totally freaks me out.
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6/11/2012, 11:50 am
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Vixon
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It seems that everything "new and improved" turns out to be more complex. Grrr..
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6/11/2012, 4:16 pm
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Slick2097
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Yeah networking is a brain hurt for sure. As I said, the switch to pure IPv6 will be years away so don't worry about it for now I'm not concerned, by the time I come to use it, it should be idiot proof (hopefully for this idiot anyway).
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6/12/2012, 2:48 am
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