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As IT admins and network engineers we all know the answer to why we need to migrate to IPv6. Let’s do a quick recap. The primary sources of IPv4 addresses are getting exhausted. Of the five regional Internet registries (RIR) in the world, the Asian major, APNIC, has officially declared in 2011 that they are out of IPv4.…
With the growth of virtualization, mobile devices, and the cloud, management of your IP Address space assignments has become increasingly challenging. Using static spreadsheets to manage your space is no longer a viable method. Not just at the Enterprise level, but for mid-size and smaller shops, space assignments and…
I believe that organizations that have large IPv6 subnets (/32 or greater) would benefit from having the ability to use the Import Bulk Subnet option for IPv6 addresses. Use Case Scenario: ARIN has allocated Organization X a /32 IPv6 subnet. Organization X would like to assign (2) /48s to each site, and within each site…
It’s already happening – the IPv4 apocalypse. There aren’t many IPv4 addresses left though the total IPv4 availability is supposed to be 4.3 billion addresses. It’s true: we are having an IP explosion. Let’s take a look at some stats and future predictions. * There are only 4.3 billion IPv4 addresses in the world. Don’t be…
A recent SolarWinds survey on IPv6 transition revealed that two-thirds of respondents comprising of network administrators and engineers are considering, planning to, or already have migrated from IPv4 to IPv6. With the migration trend going up, another notable indication was that 47% said they are “not at all confident”…
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