No IPv6 Doomsday In 2012 233
itwbennett writes "Yes, IPv4 addresses are running out, but a Y2K-style disaster/frenzy won't be coming in 2012. Instead, businesses are likely to spend the coming year preparing to upgrade to IPv6, experts say. Of course there's a chance that panic will ensue when Europe's RIPE hands out its last IPv4 addresses this summer, but 'most [businesses] understand that they can live without having to make any major investments immediately,' said IDC analyst Nav Chander. Plus, it won't be until 2013 that North America will run out of IPv4 addresses and there's no sense getting worked up before then."
Re:Business as usual (Score:4, Informative)
why do you even need a static IP for your home?
The question I'd like to ask is why don't they just hand out a static IP by default? The vast majority of broadband connections are always on; they aren't saving IPs by handing out dynamic assignments.
Of course I already know the answer to my question. It can be located above the '4' key on most keyboards...
Re:Business as usual (Score:5, Informative)
The question I'd like to ask is why don't they just hand out a static IP by default?
There's a few good reasons off the top of my head that I can think of:
Re:Business as usual (Score:5, Informative)
DHCP can be used to hand out a static IP.
Re:Business opportunity (Score:4, Informative)
Where is all the fucking Enterprise hardware and firmware updates to support it?.
Most large companies have been requiring IPv6-capable gear for the last 4 years or so, while the DoD mandages IPv6 support since 2005.
Because of that, most recent hardware and software is IPv6-capable. Cisco IOS, for example, has been doing IPv6 since 2001. Microsoft servers have been able to work over IPv6 since Server 2003. Mac OS X since 10.4, Linux since the 2.4 series.
If you're still stuck with IPv4-only hardware or software, it's your fault.
--jch
Re:Business opportunity (Score:4, Informative)
HP did a quick one. We got a ton of IPv6 enabled HP 2910al HP layer 3 gigabit switches. Did I say layer 3? What I meant was layer 3 IPv4 and managed layer 2 IPv6 switches.
Yes, HP apparently figured the switch would qualify for all those government deals that mandates IPv6 support. I bet they were right. But the switches are just some very expensive managed switches for any IPv6 work. No support for routing IPv6 nor any other useful IPv6 support. But you _can_ telnet, ssh, SNMP etc to them using IPv6. The switch can be assigned an IPv6 address. So this qualifies for an IPv6 gold logo. They just do not advertise very loud that it is a logo for a "client"-device.
So does HP suck? Not especially so. It is the whole industry pulling this stunt.