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IPv6
IPv6 refers to an updated digital address that acts as a home address for computers and businesses. A majority of the Internet's IP (Internet protocol) addresses are on the original IPv4, or Internet Protocol version 4. However, IPv4 is slowly being replaced with IPv6, or Internet Protocol version 6.
Why IPv6?
In the next year or so IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) will not be able to offer new IPv4 addresses simply because there won't be any left. Before that happens, we want to give businesses the advantages of IPv6.
Just over 4 billion unique version 4 IP addresses are available worldwide. That may seem like a large number, but it's not enough to count on for the future expansion of the Internet. According to the ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers) website, less than 10% of these addresses currently remain available. IPv6 was created to combat this depletion of addresses. While IPv4 tops out at a little over 4 billion total addresses (less than the population of the earth), IPv6 will be able to provide over 340 undecillion IP addresses. To put this into perspective, if each grain of sand on the planet were assigned an IPv6 address, there would be more than enough addresses to cover every grain and then some.
About FRII’s IPv6 Offering
Do you know what IPv6 will mean for you? FRII can help you through the transition. As an added benefit, we offer consulting services to help anyone who needs assistance understanding how IPv6 may impact their business.
FRII is utilizing a Dual Stack method when providing IPv6 to customers. This means that customers will get both an IPv4 address and IPv6 address on their interface. Dual Stack ensures that your addresses are able to communicate with all other addresses; a host that only has an IPv4 address cannot talk to a host that only has an IPv6 address. You must either use Dual Stack, or perform some sort of tunneling or translation to get them to communicate.
Services Supported: QMOE, FRII fiber, and some colocation and ATM DS3 customers are currently supported on IPv6. Other services like T1’s, other colocation and ATM DS3’s, and web hosting will be supported in the future.