Internode customers have been able to switch on IPv6, and as of last week it is now doing that by default for all new signups. Internode had intended to make that happen before the end of 2011, but given its dramatic buyout by iiNet in late 2011, early January seems close enough. [Internode]
Internode has been one of the most visible advocates of IPv6. Having run trials for the better part of two years, all Internode customers can now opt-in to using IPv6 rather than IPv4. Presuming you have a router with IPv6 support, that shouldn’t require much more than changing your login settings,
Whether you are running your own home web server, need to remotely access your machine, or even were just curious, you may have found the need to find your system’s current external IP address. Many people use whatismyip.com to find out this information, but over the past few years I’ve been using an alternative service named icanhazip.com.
One of the reasons people resist changing over to IPV6 is a fear that their favourite sites and resources may become inaccessible. If you’re curious about whether a given site is accessible via IPv6, a simple search using this CGI script developed by engineer Mark Prior will tell you if its server has an IPv6 option, and whether it supports the protocol for other options such as SMTP for mail.
We’ll soon have exhausted all the available IPv4 addresses, but that doesn’t mean that everyone needs to freak out or buy new routers before the year is out. Lifehacker sat down with Internode founder Simon Hackett to get the inside track on why most Australians don’t need to worry about the IPv6 issue for another decade.
