Transition of Campus Network to IP Next Generation
Abstract
This work was conducted to define the necessity and feasibility of transition of the campus network for Oklahoma State University to IP Next Generation. IP Next Generation, or IPng, is a new protocol designed as a successor to the current version of IPv4 used in networking. Due to problems with addressing space and routing tables, IPv4 is in need of replacement. IPng comes as a solution to the problems related to IPv4. Increased addressing space from 32 to 128 bits ensures adequate space for growth of the Internet, improved design provides a potential for better performance of routers working with the Internet Protocol. It was concluded that the tunneling procedure does not impose much overhead in transition from IPv4 to IPv6. A plan of introducing IPv6 on the OSU campus was presented.
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