Configure IPv6 on the PC and the FRITZ! Box

Configure IPv6 on the PC and the FRITZ! Box

Every now and then you read about the shortage of addresses on the Internet. The background is that the previously used IPv4 can only provide 4,3 billion addresses and these will soon no longer be sufficient in today's times of massive Internet use.ipv6 under Windows 7, Vista, Xp and the Fritz! Box
Therefore a new standard was developed, the IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) provides the unbelievable 340 sextillion addresses.
Now the Internet does not collapse because the providers help themselves with little tricks such as automatic forced disconnection after a certain time or they assign the same IP to several thousand users because the provider internally regulates the individual assignment differently, for example in German Cellular networks happen.
Nevertheless, the introduction of the new IPv6 standard will be inevitable in the long term and this means that not only the provider but also the user must make various settings on the home computer in order to continue to have unhindered access to all pages on the Internet.

 

 

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Set up IPv6 on the computer and the FRITZ! Box