abhay 0 Report post Posted October 28, 2005 A member of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) - D P Seth, said on Tuesday, that the body would finalize its recommendations, regarding transition from the present version of Internet - IPv4 to the Gen-Next IPv6 in India, by December 2005.Seth further said that the TRAI would release draft recommendations next month, after which it would take around two or three weeks to finalize them. Seth was speaking at the TRAI open house discussion on the issue; the final session is slated to be held in the capital, later this month. TRAI has expressed the view, that to achieve the national broadband policy (2004) targets, both the Internet and broadband connections, would require a large supply of IP (Internet Protocol) addresses, which are not easily available via the current IPv4 system. TRAI had recently commissioned a study, which revealed that India has just 2.8 million IPv4 addresses, as compared to China, which has 40 million such addresses. As per TRAI's consultation paper on the transition from IPv4 to IPv6, the design of IPv4, which was developed around 25 years ago, is inadequate, considering the phenomenal growth in Internet and the resulting exhaustion of address space. The regulator says that expansion of the available address space on the Internet, and the consequent enabling of an array of devices to stay connected to the Net, is the single largest motivator to shift from IPv4 to IPv6. IPv6 is a major improvement over IPv4 in that IPv4 can accommodate a total of around 2 billion addresses, as each address is limited to just 32 bits; while IPv6 can store infinite addresses, with each address using 128 bits. Reportedly, the centre has already formed a group, dubbed the IPv6 Implementation Group (IPIG), with a view towards accelerating the adoption of IPv6 in the country. TRAI's consultation paper mentions countries like USA, China, Korea and Japan, who have set up national IPv6 networks, to get a first-hand feel of the technology. This document stresses on the need and advantages, of having a national Internet Registry plus a national IPv6 backbone, in the Indian context. The regulator advises that Indian industry might lag behind with respect to IPv6 technology, if steps are not taken immediately. i have heard that with IPv6 that we can address every inch² of earth's surface! seems indian broadband will c a new change! lets c if IPv6 actully gets implemented im very exicted about this new technology < POSTS MERGED > Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linuxguy 0 Report post Posted October 29, 2005 heh. IPv6 is good but it has many problems associated with it as well... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abhay 0 Report post Posted October 29, 2005 (edited) heh. IPv6 is good but it has many problems associated with it as well... 45321[/snapback] everything new has problems with it in the start but if one really wants to do it he can and the problems will tend to go away slowly Edited October 29, 2005 by abhay Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ashoksoft 83 Report post Posted October 29, 2005 yes it is true that IPv6 addresses several issues when it comes to connectivity issues and many flaws which exist in the current IPv4 where overloads of networks occour often. IPv6 is also intended to ensure that clogs are minimized! letz wait and watch cheers Ashok Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linuxguy 0 Report post Posted October 30, 2005 the problem is that in India, the routers are not IPv6 ready yet. The ISPs will have to invest a lot of money to get themselves IPv6 routers. Plus the routing tables on IPv6 routers are HUGE.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ashoksoft 83 Report post Posted October 30, 2005 That is just one of the technical complications that can arise .... think about the places where they have had NAT's for ages ? OMFG! thatz about half the places under grit! Cheers Ashok Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abhay 0 Report post Posted October 30, 2005 (edited) the problem is that in India, the routers are not IPv6 ready yet. The ISPs will have to invest a lot of money to get themselves IPv6 routers. Plus the routing tables on IPv6 routers are HUGE.... 45427[/snapback] That is just one of the technical complications that can arise .... think about the places where they have had NAT's for ages ? OMFG! thatz about half the places under grit!Cheers Ashok 45430[/snapback] to summrize tow major problems standing in the way are a) huge investments :- which govt should try and give subsidies on B ) technical people :- which we already have Edited October 30, 2005 by abhay Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linuxguy 0 Report post Posted October 30, 2005 Yeah, once IPv6 is implemented the ISPs dont have a reason NOT to give us a public IP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abhay 0 Report post Posted October 30, 2005 Yeah, once IPv6 is implemented the ISPs dont have a reason NOT to give us a public IP 45448[/snapback] but are beloved indian ISP's willl still find a way to not to give us a public IP as with sify who found out a so called logical way "responsible usage policy" to keep download caps the actul reason behing which would be more investments with IPv6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
