MIGRATION FROM IPV4 TO IPV6

Abstract

There has been an increased, and increasing, interest in IPv6. Here, the transition to IPv6 and co-existence of it with IPv4 in the academic networks will be examined. The Network setup in academic/technical institution environment has certain distinguishing characteristics e.g. large amount of variations is network types, topology and system, transparent accessible and programmable setup, support for old and outdated technologies etc. The migration from IPv4 to IPv6 of such academic/technical institution can be done by set by step execution gradual migration plan. Firstly the new IPv6 network is set up in closed network within the institutions. There all the required server, software and applications are implemented or configured to run of the IPv6 are tried. It will be seen that mechanisms are ready or almost ready, and that new applications will drive the deployment of IPv6 especially in academic environment, though they may require some more time to mature. The new IPv6...