The world is facing a dwindling supply of IPv4 address space and significant and growing demand for IP addresses. Here, at the University of Minnesota, we have allocated more than 97 percent of our IP(v4) address space and cannot get more. In order to address this issue, OIT is adopting a new Internet protocol known as IPv6. By moving as many users as is possible from the current 32-bit address in IPv4 to a 128-bit address in IPV6, we will be able to significantly increase our supply of IP addresses.
Please join us for a Town Hall meeting, in 402 Walter Library, on September 16, 2009, and listen as OIT engineers explain more about adopting IPv6 at the University of Minnesota.
More details about this event to follow.
If you have any questions, contact OIT-IPv6@umn.edu.