Internet Protocol version6 (IPv6) on its way to be Launched on 6th June 2012
Internet society and several major internet companies including Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Yahoo etc are going to launch Internet Protocol version6 (IPv6) on 6th of June 2012. This will be the next step ahead of IPv4 and is a more better way of identifying devices by IP addresses so they can communicate in more better ways.
In this age of technology where each and every second more and more devices are connected to the internet IPv4 isn't enough to provide enough address space. presently over 4 billion addresses are provided by IPv4 with address space of about 32 bits.
In this condition to provide more connectivity to more and more devices to the global internet introduction and launching of Internet Protocol version6 is a great success and a milestone in the history of internet. With the help of Internet Protocol version6 unlimited number of devices will be able to connect to global internet. Major internet companies are working for many years to replace IPv4 with IPv6 to provide better connectivity to global internet. On 17 January 2012 Internet Society and major internet companies i.e Google, Microsoft, Yahoo etc have unanimously announced that Internet protocol version6 will be launched on 6 June 2012.
Benefits and major consequences are quite visible
1.It will replace IPv4
2.Unlimited number of devices will be able to connect to global internet
3.It will expand address space
4.previous address space of 32 bits will be replaced by broad address space of 128 bits
5.end to end next generation internet service
Many companies started testing this IPv6 in June 2011 but from 6 June 2012 it will be permanent. That's the reason all the services of major internet companies will be available only on IPv6.In this scenario Google has also launched a test service to provide its users a service to test whether their device can cope up with Internet Protocol version6 or not.
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