While it's a long way off for many companies, IPv6 is slowly but surely making its way into products. Its use was experimental in Windows 2000, but Windows Server 2003 features a full, native IPv6 ...

On XP, use the ‘ipv6 install’ command for installation. The command ‘ipconfig/all’ displays your IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. Use ‘ping ::1’ to ping your local IPv6 localhost address. Pinging IPv6 hosts ...

IPv6 is the successor to our current internet protocol, IPv4. It offers many new features, including a vastly increased address space (128 bits of address vs. IPv4's measly 32 bits), easier ...

In this chapter, you will learn about the addressing used in IPv4 and IPv6. We'll assign addresses of both types to various interfaces on the hosts and routers of the Illustrated Network. We'll ...