The benefits of IPv6 over IPv4 are many, but to reap them enterprises need to enable their networks to support the newer protocol, starting with Wi-Fi upgrades. The business advantages of IPv6 are ...

Editor’s note: An editing error mischaracterized how to test IPv6 capability from a network. We have removed that reference, and we regret the error. The Internet ...

TCP/IP protocols are used to send and receive data, voice and video data grams or packets over the internet. Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) is version four of the Internet Protocol, which is the ...

This presents a chicken-and-egg problem: Companies are hesitant to upgrade to IPv6 in part because the costs are unclear, but until some organizations make the switch, costs won’t be clarified. IPv6 ...

If you weren’t aware, the Internet is running out of IP addresses. There are only 4.3 billion IPv4 addresses, but 6 billion Internet-enabled devices in the world today. Rather than supply each device ...

Apple is encouraging developers to prioritize newer web technologies inside their iOS and macOS applications. In a short technical presentation at the WWDC 2020 conference last week, Apple shared some ...

WASHINGTON — The Commerce Department said Tuesday (Oct. 14) a new government task force will examine the benefits and costs of the next-generation Internet protocol, IPv6. The task force will ...

The souped-up IPv6 promises the muscle and speed to track just about any agency asset through the Internet. Imagine every communications device, airplane, tank, ship-and every working part on those ...

IPv6 is coming! IPv6 is coming! Unfortunately, nobody is hanging lanterns in the church tower to tell our Paul Revere how or when Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) will arrive. Eventually, IPv6 will ...

The next generation of Internet standards will help the Defense Department reach its goal of network centricity, a DOD official said today. When DOD announced in June that it will convert all of its ...

Federal officials could have the answer to many of their network problems at their fingertips without realizing it, according to an analysis by the Government Accountability Office and one vendor's ...

The Internet promises unlimited connectivity, but such connectivity requires that computers and devices find one another through a common address plan. The current plan, in place since the late 1970s, ...