Guest ThunderRiver Posted April 24, 2003 Posted April 24, 2003 A while back, I talked to a few people at Microsoft working on the newest service pack 4 of Windows 2000. I asked them on the support of IPV6 in Windows 2000. They mentioned that there will be no support of IPV6 for Windows 2000, and the current support is only focused in Windows Xp and 2003 Server.I personally think Windows 2000 is still a very nice OS that doesn't uses as much ram as Xp yet has the similar stability that Xp has. In fact, a lot of people I know of are still running Windows 2000 as their favorite system. What do you guys think?P.S. Service pack 4 should be out sometime this summer. I am quite impressed with their JDP and SP team Quote
GolfProRM Posted April 24, 2003 Posted April 24, 2003 IPV6? Could you elaborate as to what that is? I guess I don't know what that is... Quote
Guest ThunderRiver Posted April 24, 2003 Posted April 24, 2003 IPv6 is short for "Internet Protocol Version 6". IPv6 is the "next generation" protocol designed by the IETF to replace the current version Internet Protocol, IP Version 4 ("IPv4").Most of today's internet uses IPv4, which is now nearly twenty years old. IPv4 has been remarkably resilient in spite of its age, but it is beginning to have problems. Most importantly, there is a growing shortage of IPv4 addresses, which are needed by all new machines added to the Internet.IPv6 fixes a number of problems in IPv4, such as the limited number of available IPv4 addresses. It also adds many improvements to IPv4 in areas such as routing and network autoconfiguration. IPv6 is expected to gradually replace IPv4, with the two coexisting for a number of years during a transition period. Source: http://www.ipv6.org/ Quote
Guest ThunderRiver Posted April 24, 2003 Posted April 24, 2003 There is, however, Microsoft IPv6 Technology Preview for Windows 2000In the page, it specifically mentioned There are no plans to release a production-quality version of IPv6 for Windows 2000. Quote
GolfProRM Posted April 24, 2003 Posted April 24, 2003 thanks... that helps a bunch... and I do agree that it should be implemented in Win2k... I don't currently run 2k (only have one computer and it runs XPPro), but I've got a copy of 2k that will go on any secondary machines I build. How soon is this transition supposed to take place? Quote
Guest ThunderRiver Posted April 24, 2003 Posted April 24, 2003 The transition may take forever as many companies and home PCs users don't really worry about it at this moment. However, IPV4 should be depleted within about 5 to 6 years; thus, it should bring up people's attentions then. Quote
Ragnar Paulson Posted April 24, 2003 Posted April 24, 2003 5-6 years seems about right. The big push to IPv6 came several years ago when there was a real worry about running out of IP addresses (does 1995-1996 seem right?). Almost simultaneously great leaps were made in NAT and masquerading firewalls. This has taken the pressure of the migration. IPv6 has other important features, traffic shaping capabilities and quality of service (especially for apps like Voice over IP) are most important. I'm not sure that both protocols can coexist though. You can have gateways between v4 and v6 networks and I expect you'll see v6 internal networks propogating first, followed by private internet (Internet2) before you'll see it widespread on The Internet.So how many people expect they'll still be running Windows 2000 in 5-6 years? Perhaps that in itself speaks to the need for MS to devote resources to implementing it (as much as I hate to defend MS).Ragnar Quote
Ragnar Paulson Posted April 24, 2003 Posted April 24, 2003 5-6 years seems about right. The big push to IPv6 came several years ago when there was a real worry about running out of IP addresses (does 1995-1996 seem right?). Almost simultaneously great leaps were made in NAT and masquerading firewalls. This has taken the pressure of the migration. IPv6 has other important features, traffic shaping capabilities and quality of service (especially for apps like Voice over IP) are most important. I'm not sure that both protocols can coexist though. You can have gateways between v4 and v6 networks and I expect you'll see v6 internal networks propogating first, followed by private internet (Internet2) before you'll see it widespread on The Internet.So how many people expect they'll still be running Windows 2000 in 5-6 years? Perhaps that in itself speaks to the need for MS to devote resources to implementing it (as much as I hate to defend MS).Ragnar Quote
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