In Windows, IPv4 and IPv6 address assignment can be awkward. In Windows XP, you typically use the graphical interface to assign IPv4 addresses, subnet masks, and default gateways.

CIDR and VLSM Today, the standard methods for moving the network/host address boundary are variable-length subnet masking (VLSM) for host addressing and ...

That is why IPv6 subnet calculators may be useful. However, there are few subnet calculators that can handle IPv6 addresses.

This chapter focuses on IPv6 addressing and routing, in part because the primary motivation for the eventual migration to IPv6 is to relieve the address constraints of IPv4. This chapter also ...

Auto-configuration features within the IPv6 protocol suite handle individual host IP address assignment and configuration. There are no subnet masks to deal with and CIDR notation is used exclusively.

Doing so avoids any possible IPv6 network problems with other Windows 7 systems and with IPv6 address-compliant networking equipment such as Cisco Catalyst Switches.

What does IPv6 addressing actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.

The selection of IPv6 advances the dramatic development of the Internet by conveying 340 undecillion addresses, compared to ...

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.

Major telecommunication companies and large organizations already have plans to implement a permanent solution as the remaining IPv4 Web-address space nears exhaustion.