Uploaded September 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
The ultimate solution to the IPv4 exhaustion problem and other issues with IPv4 is the next generation of IP: IP version 6, or IPv6. IPv6 widens the 32-bit IPv4 addresses to 128 bits, which creates a lot more addresses. The larger address space also simplifies various aspects of network administration. Unfortunately IPv6 is not backwards compatible with IPv4 and so it is taking a long time to roll it out. But we’re getting there. Today you might already notice that one or several of your computers sometimes has an IPv6 address.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
The ultimate solution to the IPv4 exhaustion problem and other issues with IPv4 is the next generation of IP: IP version 6, or IPv6. IPv6 widens the 32-bit IPv4 addresses to 128 bits, which creates a lot more addresses. The larger address space also simplifies various aspects of network administration. Unfortunately IPv6 is not backwards compatible with IPv4 and so it is taking a long time to roll it out. But we’re getting there. Today you might already notice that one or several of your computers sometimes has an IPv6 address.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
