Ipv6: The New Internet Protocol

by Christian Huitema

For the Internet to continue its extraordinary growth, the IP protocol must evolve to support new addressing and routing techniques. After years of debate, the new IP protocol, IPv6, has been... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0138505055
• ISBN13: 9780138505059
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A good book, though out of date.

This is a good book written by someone who really knows the material.The book *is* somewhat out of date - a three years old book on a developing protocol cant be current [and it's my expectation that a new edition would be printed soon], but it's a very good way to get the big picture about it before starting to read the fine details in the RFCs.As other reviewers wrote, the comparison between IPv4 and IPv6 is a little lacking, but this book is *not* intended to be read as one's first text on IP - it's audience is people who are already familiar with IPv4.

good overall review

IPv6 is still going thru some changes. While the book is not as up to date as I would like it to be, it does a pretty good job of explaining what is (was) different from IPv4 and the why of it. As for comparisons to IPv4, they can be found throughout different sections of the book, tho not in detail. Overall, a good guide to IPng w/ good explainations.

Best pick for my final year thesis report.

As soon as I saw on a TV show that Internet protocol was planned to be replaced for some reason, and a new Internet protocol is designed, I decided to go after its details. Now IPv6 is the subject of my final year thesis report for computer systems engineering, and this book was the pick for me. JAVAID AHMED SOOMRO