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Businesses and individuals now rely heavily on the Internet for all aspects of their work and play. Access to the web is vital to work and leisure. We rely on our service providers and hardware and software suppliers to keep us connected.

However, the popularity of the web and emails, downloads etc. has resulted in a shortage of Internet addresses. These addresses are given to each device that connects to the Internet. Running out of these addresses would stop the growth of the web.

 

IPv6 Consultancy

There is a solution to this lack of addresses, but it is one that needs the active involvement of everyone who uses the Internet. The old addresses, known as IPv4, are being supplemented and eventually replaced by IPv6 addresses. To use IPv6, all connected hardware and software must be upgraded or replaced. At Savant we feel this task has the same magnitude and importance as the Millennium Bug, though with some key differences:

IPv6 Millennium Bug
Cut off date Vague Known exactly
Financial impact Not obvious but large Obvious and large
Affect on applications Reduced scope Stopped working
Government funding No Yes
Awareness Low High

Over the last few years we have been examining IPv6 and preparing for the change over. To date we have our network backbone using IPv6, our Firewall and ISP connection run IPv6 and some servers use both IPv4 and IPv6 (dual stack). As we have been getting to know IPv6 we have come to realise that not everything that is described as "IPv6 ready" is up to the job. We now have good understanding of the do's and don'ts of upgrading and have developed an approach that can be used by other organisations as they too prepare for IPv6.

Please complete this survey so we can help with your plans for IPv6.

If you're curious, IPv5 dealt with Internet Quality of Service and came out in 1995.