IPv6 gains wireless support. ipv6 gains wireless support. IPv6, the proposed upgrade to the Internet protocol, has not been universally embraced. IPv6, the proposed upgrade to the Internet protocol, has not been universally embraced. Now, however, European and Japanese wireless suppliers may be dragging the Net into IPv6, because they need the unlimited public supply of addresses it provides....

IPv6 Support for Hitachi's GR2000 Gigabit Routers. ipv6 support for hitachis gr2000 gigabit routers. To give the net some breathing room, Hitachi is now putting support for IPv6 at OC-48c wire-rate into its GR2000 family of Gigabit Routers. GR2000 hardware with IPv6 will be coming to market in September, 2001. The company also announced that GR2000 models supporting IPv6 at 40 Gbps line speed are under development and will be available next year. ...

Cisco aims for IPv6 firewalls. cisco aims for ipv6 firewalls. Attacking one of the key problems early adopters have had with IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6), Cisco plans to beef up security, adding support for stateful packet filtering of IPv6 traffic to its software and hardware firewall products in the first half of next year. Attacking one of the key problems early adopters have had with IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6), Cisco plans to beef up security, adding support for stateful packet filtering of IPv6 traffic to its software and hardware firewall products in the first half of next year. The dominant maker of Internet routers, also a major vendor of firewalls, provided that statement of direction at the North American IPv6 Global Summit, held this week in San Diego. Cisco demonstrated the filtering capability in its IOS (Internetwork Operating System) firewall at the conference, said Patrick Grossetete, Cisco IOS IPv6 product manager, in an interview from the conference."...

NetScreen puts IPv6 in firewall beta. netscreen puts ipv6 in firewall beta. Makers of network security gear are lining up to help enterprises and service providers implement IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), the next-generation network layer protocol for the Internet that offers a vastly larger number of host addresses. Makers of network security gear are lining up to help enterprises and service providers implement IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), the next-generation network layer protocol for the Internet that offers a vastly larger number of host addresses. NetScreen Technologies, a maker of network security appliances in Sunnyvale, Calif., on Monday made available to existing customers a beta version of firewall and VPN (virtual private network) software that supports IPv6."...

Nokia shows off IPv6 phone. nokia shows off ipv6 phone. Nokia Corp., the world's largest handset maker, has unveiled a prototype mobile phone based on IPv6, the next-generation Internet Protocol (IP) technology. Nokia Corp., the world’s largest handset maker, has unveiled a prototype mobile phone based on IPv6, the next-generation Internet Protocol (IP) technology. Nokia demonstrated a dual stack IPv4/IPv6 handset based on CDMA2000 1X (Code Division Multiplex Access) at the 3G World Congress in Bangkok, Thailand, on Wednesday, a company spokesman at the show said Thursday in a telephone interview."...

First test of IPv6 network goes well. first test of ipv6 network goes well. An early test of a multi-site, next-generation Internet, powered by IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) went well, and the coalition of groups working on the so-called Moonv6 project will conduct more comprehensive tests starting in February, said two people involved in the project Tuesday. An early test of a multi-site, next-generation Internet, powered by IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) went well, and the coalition of groups working on the so-called Moonv6 project will conduct more comprehensive tests starting in February, said two people involved in the project Tuesday. A white paper detailing the lessons learned from the first phase of the Moonv6 project, a project to test IPv6, should be available on the Moonv6 Web site, at moonv6.sr.unh.edu /, within two weeks."...

Taiwan gets ready for IPv6. taiwan gets ready for ipv6. Four Taiwan-based organizations have recently launched products compatible with Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). Four Taiwan-based organizations have recently launched products compatible with Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)....