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 ====== IPv6 on AfterNET ====== ====== IPv6 on AfterNET ======
  
-You can reach IPv6-enabled AfterNET servers by connecting to **[[irc://irc.ipv6.afternet.org/|irc.ipv6.afternet.org]]**.+You can reach IPv6-enabled AfterNET servers by connecting to **[[irc://irc.afternet.org/|irc.afternet.org]]**. This hostname has both A and AAAA records.
  
 ===== What is IPv6? ===== ===== What is IPv6? =====
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 IPv6 is the next version of the Internet Protocol used to address and communicate with systems connected to the internet, and it will eventually replace the current version of the Internet Protocol, IPv4. The most notable feature of IPv6 is a dramatic increase in the number of IP addresses available to be assigned to internet-connected devices. IPv6 is the next version of the Internet Protocol used to address and communicate with systems connected to the internet, and it will eventually replace the current version of the Internet Protocol, IPv4. The most notable feature of IPv6 is a dramatic increase in the number of IP addresses available to be assigned to internet-connected devices.
  
-Every computer connected directly to today's internet is assigned a unique IP address, like 192.0.32.10. There are roughly 4 billion of these addresses available, and we are quickly running out of them. In fact, countries like China already have more internet-connected people than IP addresses to give them. There are a variety of workarounds that allow a single "real" IP address to serve multiple people, but the people who receive this kind of internet access often have technical problems if they want to run their own servers, play online games, share files via protocols like bittorrent, or connect to their workplace network to work from home.+Every computer connected directly to today's internet is assigned a unique IP address, like 192.0.32.10. There are roughly 4 billion of these addresses available, and we are quickly running out of them. In fact, countries like China already have more internet-connected people than IP addresses to give them. There are a variety of workarounds that allow a single "real" IP address to serve multiple people, but the people who receive this kind of internet access often have technical problems if they want to run their own servers, play online games, share files via protocols like bittorrent, or connect to their workplace network and work from home.
  
 IPv6 solves the IPv4 address shortage by increasing the number of available IP addresses from 4,294,967,296 IPv6 solves the IPv4 address shortage by increasing the number of available IP addresses from 4,294,967,296
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 We're currently in a transition period where most computers have IPv4 addresses and some computers have both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. As technical support for IPv6 increases, more and more computers will have both types of addresses, and once most computers are reachable via both IPv4 and IPv6, we can begin phasing out IPv4 addresses entirely. We're currently in a transition period where most computers have IPv4 addresses and some computers have both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. As technical support for IPv6 increases, more and more computers will have both types of addresses, and once most computers are reachable via both IPv4 and IPv6, we can begin phasing out IPv4 addresses entirely.
  
-AfterNET is testing IPv6 connectivity on some of its servers. If you have an interest in networking and the IPv6 transition and you have IPv6 configured on your computer, feel free to try connecting to AfterNET via IPv6 at **[[irc://irc.ipv6.afternet.org/|irc.ipv6.afternet.org]]**. Please note that our IPv6 service is still being tested and is likely to be less reliable than our standard network. Come join us in #IPv6 once connected so we can get your feedback!+AfterNET is testing IPv6 connectivity on some of its servers. If you have an interest in networking and the IPv6 transition and you have IPv6 configured on your computer, feel free to try connecting to AfterNET via IPv6 at **[[irc://irc.afternet.org/|irc.afternet.org]]**. This hostname has both A and AAAA records. Please note that our IPv6 service is still being tested and is likely to be less reliable than our standard network. Come join us in #IPv6 once connected so we can get your feedback!
  
 Check out Wikipedia's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6|IPv6 page]] for more information. Check out Wikipedia's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6|IPv6 page]] for more information.
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 ==== Our IPv6 server address ==== ==== Our IPv6 server address ====
  
-You can reach IPv6-enabled AfterNET servers by connecting to **[[irc://irc.ipv6.afternet.org/|irc.ipv6.afternet.org]]**. Once the quality of our IPv6 network is judged to be on par with our IPv4 network and we're convinced that misconfigured clients won't mistakenly try using our IPv6 address records, we'll publish our IPv6 addresses in the normal irc.afternet.org round-robin hostname. Until then, we want to make sure nobody ends up on our IPv6 network accidentally.+You can reach IPv6-enabled AfterNET servers by connecting to **[[irc://irc.afternet.org/|irc.afternet.org]]**. This hostname has both A and AAAA records.
  
 ==== IRC client support ==== ==== IRC client support ====
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 === mIRC === === mIRC ===
  
-You can [[http://users.skynet.be/jaguar/mircv6.html|add IPv6 support to mIRC]] relatively easily.+mIRC supports native IPv6 since 7.
  
-=== XChat ===+=== HexChat ===
  
-Current versions of XChat support IPv6.+HexChat has native support IPv6.
  
 ===== Where can I get help? ===== ===== Where can I get help? =====