A possible fix arrived in December 1995 in the form of RFC 1883, the first definition of IPv6, the planned successor to IPv4.

It is no secret that the 4 billion-plus Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) addresses are just about used up. According, the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), “phase 4” of its IPv4 ...

I love a car with a nice V6 under the bonnet... Good for you, but IPv6 has nothing to do with cars. It actually stands for Internet Protocol version 6, the name for the next-generation IP addressing ...

IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) existe depuis 1981; une longévité synonyme de réussite technologique. Mais cette version du protocole IP a été victime de son propre succès. Sa conception initiale n ...

As the next-generation Internet Protocol, IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) is the prerequisite for the future growth and development of the Internet. In the era of artificial intelligence (AI), 5G, ...

After working on the new Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) for a decade and a half, the Internet Engineering Task Force decided it was time to turn off the old protocol (IPv4 or just IP). So this is ...

The global transition from IPv4 to IPv6 has gained major traction, driven by the urgent need to accommodate a rapidly expanding number of internet-connected devices and the introduction of IPv6 ...

The hubbub around the shortage of internet protocol (IPv4) addresses is nothing more than "millennium bug"-style fear-mongering, according to Netgear's vice president and general manager of its ...

Internet growth rates appear to have stalled as the current Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses become scarce, according to a report by the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC).

Thomas Edison, in 1882, opened a power station on Pearl Street in New York city to supply the densely populated Manhattan island with DC power [1]. DC was the logical power distribution standard at ...