This is the first of many technical blog posts I’m going to post on IPv6 architecture and implementation for a Microsoft Windows-based environment. I started off with a basic introduction of the IPv4 ...

In addition to IPv4 (often written as just IP), there is IP version 6 (IPv6). IPv6 was developed as IPng (“IP:The Next Generation” because the developers were supposedly fans of the TV show “Star Trek ...

Today, the standard methods for moving the network/host address boundary are variable-length subnet masking (VLSM) for host addressing and routing inside a routing domain, and classless interdomain ...

Have you learned to think and dream in hex yet? That is what you are going to have to look forward to as we transition to using IPv6. Because we will be working in hexadecimal numbers we may need a ...

To understand how subnetting works, you first must have a good basic understanding of IP addresses. An IP address is set of binary octets broken into quads. That definition may not have made any sense ...

As I'm ramping up with IPv6 here I keep running into plenty of "how should this be done?" moments. End user subnets are easy, enable SLAAC, some DHCPv6 for DNS and let the hosts pick their own ...

The last editionof this column discussed subnet masks and the nature of IP addressing. In this and the following column, we will begin discussing what subnetting means and how to do it. First, though, ...

If you're looking to segment a TCP/IP network, subnetting is not your only option. CIDR, or supernetting, is another way to accomplish the task and offers some unique solutions. Here's how to use ...

Although IPv6 adoption seems to be moving at a snail's pace, there's no outrunning it. Brien Posey demystifies some of the addressing issues many admins are still trying to figure out. [Editor’s note: ...