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What's Your Timeline for IPv6 Migration?

Posted by Cliff on from the as-networks-evolve dept.

SgtChaireBourne asks: "IPv4 has, over the last 20 years, seen unexpectedly wide adoption. During this time it's proven to be both flexible and robust, but also several problems, though once small, have grown. IPv6 looks to solve some scalability problems, add needed privacy and authentication mechanisms, address quality of service, and provide better routing and addressing capabilities. What kind of timeline does your site/institution/business have for rolling out IPv6 and how?" Those interested in IPv6 migration may also be interested in this article, from a year ago.

18 of 386 comments (clear)

  1. the last 20 years? by rumpledstiltskin · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's seen an unexpectedly wide adoption since 1983? If it takes that long to get unexpected adoption. how long does a slow rollout take?

  2. IPv4? by kilocomp · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am still using IPv2, if it is not broken don't fix it. I hate these IP guys, always trying to make you buy a new version every 20 years.

  3. My Timeline by slutdot · · Score: 3, Funny

    When my ISP cuts my company off.

    1. Re:My Timeline by Tackhead · · Score: 2, Funny
      > When my ISP cuts my company off.

      ...when the news reports ISPs will be requiring it, and I see the report on my brand-new HDTV :)

  4. Obvious Question by Goalie_Ca · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ya but does it have an evil bit?

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    1. Re:Obvious Question by red_dragon · · Score: 4, Funny

      The Evil Bit feature is scheduled to be implemented in IPv666.

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    2. Re:Obvious Question by k12linux · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think it was going to but MS had already copyrighted most evil [tm] including the evil bit... so the task group was forced to drop it.

  5. Re:Not until it's extremely easy/cheap by jhunsake · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, I'll be spending the next week on the IPv6 migration

    If it would only take a week, I see no problem. Hell, I spend a week figuring out the new hole puncher.

  6. Re:IPv6 by Brento · · Score: 5, Funny

    but the Parallel nature that I am proposing would fix things like Security, Spam, Porn,

    Baby, if IPv4 porn is wrong, I don't want to be right.

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  7. Usage of IPv6 by indros · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll expect to see IPv6 in wide deployment about the same time as the release of Duke Nukem Forever.

  8. Never! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't plan on ever using IPv6. Of course, that could be just me since I'm still very happy with my Windows 3.1 box running WinTrumpet.

  9. IPv2? by Transient0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Aw man... you're not old school! I'm old school!

    I'm still using IPv0.62. I mean seriously, who had this stupid idea of periods in IP addresses. IPv6 holds no appeal for me, I'm waiting for IP XP.

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  10. Grrr... by iamdrscience · · Score: 5, Funny

    My company and I will give up IPv4 when you pry it from our cold dead hands.

    1. Re:Grrr... by starseeker · · Score: 3, Funny

      Your proposal is... acceptable.

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  11. This should be a poll by jdreed1024 · · Score: 2, Funny
    I'll migrate to IPv6 when...

    ...my ISP makes me
    ...I need something from a site with only an IPv6 address
    ...hell freezes over
    ...they run out of addresses
    ...they pry my IPv4 address out of my cold dead hands
    ...CowboyNeal assigns my IPv6 addresses.

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  12. Re:no timeline by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 5, Funny
    Yeah,

    I think we'll do this right after we're done with Dvorak conversion...

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  13. Re:IPv6 by Sloppy · · Score: 5, Funny
    how many people need a 2 Ghz desktop processor to check email?
    It depends on how many threads MS Outlook spawns to run the viruses.
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  14. The Plan by Hard_Code · · Score: 2, Funny

    1) take over world
    2) enslave humanity and use them as "energy cells"
    3) wire each unit with IPv6

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