New Zealand IPv6 Task Force

The Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) has launched a new tool to provide information on the IPv6 readiness of websites in networks. “It is a simple script that utilizes Google Analytics to measure the visitors on both your and your clients’ websites,” says APNIC. “The reporting will allow you to make better decisions on […]

The Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) announces the following APNIC eLearning webclasses are scheduled for 25 May 2011. Each individual session focuses on key concepts and best practices, and will run for approximately an hour. Registration is now open: eIPV601 – IPv6 OVERVIEW Session Time: 10:30 – 11:30 (Brisbane Time, UTC + 10) http://www.apnic.net/events/calendar/training/2011/elearning-eipv601-0525 […]

In recent weeks IPv6 has hit the headlines, with local media renewing its interest in IP address exhaustion. Read and listen at the links below: IPv4 addresses down to last block – rationing starts (Computerworld New Zealand) www.computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/ipv4-addresses-down-to-last-block-rationing-starts Who’s in and who’s not now we’re out of IPv4 addresses (National Business Review) www.nbr.co.nz/article/whos-and-whos-not-now-were-out-ipv4-addresses-aw-91107 No More […]

The IPv6 Readiness Tool for Businesses is a comprehensive checklist for businesses preparing to deploy and adopt IPv6. The tool was developed by experts from industry and the Internet technical community in response to a call from U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra at an IPv6 workshop hosted by the NTIA in September 2010. www.ntia.doc.gov/advisory/IPv6/index.html […]

The global Broadband Forum has recently approved a series of technical reports, one of which relates to IPv6 and CPE (consumer premises equipment). The Forum has also flagged IPv6 as an area of “strategic importance” for 2011. John Tanner from telecomasia.net says the new CPE specs promise to clear a key hurdle for broadband service […]