In the early 1980’s a way of identifying individual connections to a computer network was devised and called IPv4. A maximum of 4.3bn addresses were available, but three decades later, we are running out.The rapid growth in PCs, smartphones and other internet connected devices means those addresses are close to being used up, with only an estimated 80 million still to be allocated.
Thus, IPv6 is facing is now facing its biggest test to date; Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Bing and Facebook are among the companies switching-on IPv6 versions of their websites for the one day trial. The trial is being used as an opportunity to test the technology but also as an awareness-raising exercise.
Groups involved in IPv6 day say that everyone will have to make the change eventually. It is thought that some home users and companies may require new network equipment but users should not worry at this stage if they are not switched over.
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