Free Windows Help Tutorials sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org /title> <META HTTP-EQUIV="imagetoolbar" CONTENT="no"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=ISO 8859-1"> <META name="description" Content="Hundreds of downloadable Windows help tutorials, articles and how-to guides sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org."><style type="text/css">  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=#999999 vlink=blue link=blue> <span name = "INTRA" class="pg" style="top:0px; left:5px; width:714px; height:1010px"></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:0px; left:5px; height:1010px; width:714px' class='img'> <img src="pg0001im.png" height = "1010 width = "714" border="0"> </span> <span class='nav' style='left: 10px; top: 10px'><pre></pre></span><span name = "INTRA" style='top:51px; left:575px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>Connectivity:General</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:107px; left:131px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>Understanding</b> <b>IPv6</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:215px; left:109px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>The</b></i> <i><b>upsurge</b></i> <i><b>in</b></i> <i><b>use</b></i> <i><b>of</b></i> <i><b>the</b></i> <i><b>Internet</b></i> <i><b>has</b></i> <i><b>lead</b></i> <i><b>to</b></i> <i><b>an</b></i> <i><b>increased</b></i> <i><b>requirement</b></i> <i><b>for</b></i> <i><b>IP</b></i> <i><b>numbers,</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:236px; left:98px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>which</b></i> <i><b>are</b></i> <i><b>rapidly</b></i> <i><b>running</b></i> <i><b>out.</b></i> <i><b>A</b></i> <i><b>new</b></i> <i><b>standard</b></i> <i><b>for</b></i> <i><b>IP</b></i> <i><b>numbering</b></i> <i><b>is</b></i> <i><b>about</b></i> <i><b>to</b></i> <i><b>be</b></i> <i><b>introduced</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:256px; left:101px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>to</b></i> <i><b>help</b></i> <i><b>overcome</b></i> <i><b>some</b></i> <i><b>of</b></i> <i><b>the</b></i> <i><b>limitations</b></i> <i><b>of</b></i> <i><b>the</b></i> <i><b>old</b></i> <i><b>system</b></i> <i><b>and</b></i> <i><b>to</b></i> <i><b>provide</b></i> <i><b>enough</b></i> <i><b>addresses</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:277px; left:251px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>to</b></i> <i><b>see</b></i> <i><b>us</b></i> <i><b>all</b></i> <i><b>well</b></i> <i><b>into</b></i> <i><b>the</b></i> <i><b>next</b></i> <i><b>century.</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:309px; left:565px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>By David Morton</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:359px; left:77px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>M</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:363px; left:125px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>any of us have heard of the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:363px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>At the same time IPv6 attempts to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:363px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>of addresses that would be required,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:375px; left:125px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>proposals to convert the In </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:375px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>address one of the largest headaches of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:375px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>back in 1991, when it was still known</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:387px; left:125px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ternet</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:387px; left:165px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Protocol standard</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:387px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>an IP network from the administra </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:387px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>as the Internet Activities Board. To</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:399px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>from the current version IPv4 to a new</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:399px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>tor's point of view; configuring the net </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:399px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>some extent the growth had been an </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:411px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>standard. Few of us are really aware of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:411px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>work in the first place. Despite time</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:411px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ticipated everyone knew there would</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:423px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>all the implications. The driving force</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:423px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>saving systems like BOOTP and</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:423px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>be ever more computers connected to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:435px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>of the new standard is the rapid</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:435px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>DHCP, a huge number of networks are</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:435px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the Net. What was less obvious then</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:447px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>growth of the Internet and IPv6 is be </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:447px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>hand crafted, with IP numbers typed</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:447px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>was that the Net would extend beyond</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:459px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ing introduced to overcome the ad </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:459px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>in at individual workstations by unfor </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:459px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>computers in the conventional sense,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:471px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>dress space restrictions of the old one.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:471px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>tunate support staff whose job is to do</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:471px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>and that there would soon be a require </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:483px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>At first glance the implications for the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:483px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>little else. Anything that automates</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:483px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ment to assign IP addresses to devices</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:495px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>network administrator seem negli </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:495px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>this process will help, and IPv6 goes a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:495px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>as diverse as mobile telephones, other</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:507px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>gible, because many of us already have</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:507px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>long way in this respect.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:507px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>communication devices and even mo </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:519px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>our allocated addresses. In some cases</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:519px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Many network administrators dis </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:519px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>tor cars. There is already a car on the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:531px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>we've enough to last us for a consider </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:531px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>like changes like IPv6 because they fear</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:531px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>market with a built in modem for di </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:543px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>able period of planned growth, so why</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:543px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>some hideous one day change over</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:543px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>agnostics, and no doubt more will fol </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:555px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>should we be interested in IPv6?</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:555px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>that leaves life chaotic for days or even</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:555px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>low.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:567px; left:91px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>IPv6 is a lot more than IPv4 with a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:567px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>weeks afterwards. Thankfully this</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:567px; left:480px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>These early studies lead to the ap </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:579px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>couple of numbers bolted on the end</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:579px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>shouldn't be the case, since an IPv6</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:579px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>pointment of a team of engineers and</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:591px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>to make the address space bigger. It's</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:591px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>network can talk to an IPv4 network</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:591px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>scientists, working under the Internet</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:603px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>a ground up re think of what will be</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:603px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>and vice versa. If you have two sites</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:603px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Engineering Steering Group, charged</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:615px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>required from IP as a protocol in the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:615px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>with an IPv6 system, and your Internet</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:615px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>with defining the next generation In </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:628px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>future. IPv6 starts to take on board the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:628px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>connection between the two is only</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:628px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ternet protocol. This group co ordi </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:640px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>modifications that will be needed to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:640px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>IPv4, then the two networks will still</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:640px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>nated the efforts of a number of other</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:652px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>cope with the changing traffic that will</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:652px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>be able to talk the IPv6 packets tun </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:652px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>teams studying the problem of address</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:664px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>start to appear on IP networks glob </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:664px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>nelling through the IPv4 connection.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:664px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>space size, enhancements to the Trans </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:676px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ally. It is anticipated that there will be</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:676px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>So there are few reasons to fear IPv6,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:676px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>port Control Protocol (TCP) and the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:688px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>much more emphasis on real time</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:688px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>and every reason to start planning the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:688px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>problems of compatibility with other</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:700px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>transactions as the Internet and intra </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:700px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>changes now.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:700px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>protocols notably IPX.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:712px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>nets metamorphose from old style</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:712px; left:480px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>After due deliberation, the first pro </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:724px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>data networks, into complex transmis </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:726px; left:272px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>History</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:724px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>posals were documented in the usual</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:736px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>sion systems carrying a vast wealth of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:736px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>manner for Internet enhancements a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:748px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>data, entertainment and other services,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:748px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>The Internet Architecture Board</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:748px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Request For Comments (RFC number</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:760px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>some not yet even a twinkle in their</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:760px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>started studying the problem of the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:760px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>1752) entitled The Recommendation</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:772px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>innovator's eye.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:772px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>growth of the Internet, and the number</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:772px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>for the IP Next Generation Protocol ,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:784px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>issued in 1994. It took a year for these</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:796px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>proposals to be finalised, which finally</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:804px; left:88px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>RFC1883 The IPv6 base protocol.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:808px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>happened in July 1995.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:816px; left:88px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>RFC1884 The address specification.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:820px; left:480px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>January 1996 saw the publication of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:828px; left:88px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>RFC1885 Description of the control protocol, known as ICMP.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:832px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the detailed proposals, in the five fur </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:840px; left:88px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>RFC1886 Addressing the problems of an enhanced Domain Name Service</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:844px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ther RFCs detailed in Figure 1. After a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:852px; left:138px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>(DNS).</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:856px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>brief pause, perhaps the most vital</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:864px; left:88px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>RFC1933 The transition mechanism.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:868px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>RFC was issued in April 1996.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:880px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>RFC1933</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:880px; left:522px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>covered</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:880px; left:573px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:880px; left:601px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>transition</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:892px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>mechanism how to switch over from</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:905px; left:111px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Figure 1 RFCs covering the detailed proposals for TCP protocols.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:904px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>one system to the other without the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:946px; left:52px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Issue 83 (May 1997) page 17</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:946px; left:615px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>File: C0655.1</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:944px; left:260px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>PC</b> <b>Network</b> <b>Advisor</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" class='nav' style='left: 357px; top: 1010px'><pre>Next page <a href='page0002.htm'>></a></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:1050px; left:50px' class="ft4"><pre><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial">New!</font><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial Narrow"> </font><font size="2" face="Arial">The best sites for quality <a href="http://www.inkjet-printer-cartridges.org">inkjet printer cartridges</a> and the best sites for <a href="http://www.cheap-inkjet-cartridges.com">cheap inkjet cartridges</a></font></b></pre></span></body> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:1100px; left:300px' class="ft4"><pre><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial"><a href="../index.html">Windows Help Desk Home</a> </font></b></pre></span></body></html>