Today the Internet mostly uses IPv4 which has only about 4000 million possible IP addresses. That isn't even enough for every person on the planet, let alone for all the new online gadgets.
If a Web site is IPv6 accessible today, it is on the cutting edge of technology.
Books
The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Internet Protocols Reference
Amazon Price: $56.67 (as of 07/13/2009) 
IPv6 Essentials
Amazon Price: (as of 07/13/2009)
IPv6 Network Administration
Amazon Price: $38.80 (as of 07/13/2009)
Understanding IPv6 (Pro-One-Offs)
Amazon Price: $29.39 (as of 07/13/2009)
Understanding IPv6
Amazon Price: $109.00 (as of 07/13/2009)
Running IPv6
Amazon Price: $43.99 (as of 07/13/2009)
Consulting Services
- Native6
- IPv6 training, consulting and integration solutions.
References
- IPv6: The Next Generation Internet!
- IPv6 Information Page
How To, FAQ, specifications, Implementations, Mailing List - IPv6 from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Article gives technical overview.
Free Access Services
- Hexago Freenet6
- Offers Freenet6, a free IPv6 access service that enables a smooth and incremental deployment of IPv6.
A single IPv6 address and a DNS name are assigned to each user, making their PC reachable from anywhere on the IPv6 internet. - SixXS
- A free, non-profit, non-cost service IPv6 Deployment & Tunnel Broker that provides a service for Local Internet Registries to help engineers deploying IPv6 to customers in a rapid and controllable fashion.
- 6gate
- A free gateway providing IPv6 access to Web sites. A very easy way, there are just two steps involved (add a DNS "AAAA record", test it). A FAQ how to set up that DNS record and how it works is included.
- tunnelbroker.net
- free tunnel broker service
News
- IPv6 Forum
- "Driving IPv6 Deployment"
- Linux IPv6
- Peter Bieringer on status of the implementation of IPv6 in Linux and the cookbook for setting up IPv6 on Linux.
- The IPv6 Portal
- News, press releases, events.
Testing
- IPv6 Ready Logo
- "Driving Interoperability"
Categories the logo can be obtain: Hosts, Routers, Operating Systems,Protocol Stacks, Special Devices (e.g., embedded system, special server, translator).
Access Provider
by Norbert
Norbert was born in the middle of the last century in Vienna, (Austria, Europe). He got hooked on programming computers even before entering the unive...
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