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May 2007 - Posts

Monday, May 14, 2007 3:20 PM

Mythbusters #2: Stanford has more IP addresses than China

Let's tackle our second myth. There is a factoid on the Internet that some American universities (normally listed as either Stanford or MIT) have more IP addresses than the entire country of China. This has been repeated in the mainstream press so often
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Thursday, May 10, 2007 9:10 PM

I can do that in IPv4!

One of the comments that I hear a lot (and I am sure to receive on this site) is "But I don't need IPv6 for that! I can do that in IPv4!" It is true that a lot of what we can do in v6 we can do in v4 as well. That's because v6 is based on v4 and needs
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Tuesday, May 08, 2007 10:15 AM

Mobile IPv6 and Vista

As a host moves around, it may be assigned different IP addresses based on its location. When this happens, the host acquires a new IP address and continues to operate, but the previous TCP connections are invalid and torn down. Normally this process
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Sunday, May 06, 2007 4:13 PM

Mythbusters #1: No one is using IPv6 [UPDATED]

Hmm, let's bust this myth with a quick experiment. You can all take part. In order to be a valid test, you need to meet the following requirements: 1. You must have a cell phone/smartphone/PDA 2. You must use Sprint or Verizon Wireless as your carrier
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Sunday, May 06, 2007 3:59 PM

Hello World!

Hello. My name is Sean Siler, and I am one of the three IPv6 Program Managers at Microsoft. I am externally facing, meaning my job is to talk to customers about IPv6 and determine what their concerns are, answer their questions, and ensure that any valid
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