During the round table held in 2017 Forum, Amílcar Safeca, Administrator of Unitel, had the opportunity to answer the following question: "When will Unitel implement Ipv6?".
Second Amílcar Safeca, the process is already taking place gradually within the company's infrastructures.
But what does that mean anyway?
The move to IPv6 can mean more security for the Internet, because the standard has an encrypted protocol, which can identify the entire path traveled by each IP. For end users, this change should not even be noticed. "This will happen invisibly."
For example, if the user has a modem or a router without IPv6 support, it will be necessary to buy another one, but this depends on the technology used. Some people have providers that manage everything and they are the ones that should make IPv6 available.
Therefore, it is too early for users in Angola to worry about this, not least because not all equipment in our market has IPv6 support.
But in fact, it is that telecom companies and providers will be the most charged with this history of IPv6. Providers have to get organized, but as the move began in 2008, investments in equipment are already being made ever since.
this usually happens when the number of users rises above the recommended average.
Friend Massala… With all due respect, this article has major technical problems…
The main reason for migrating and adopting IPv6 is limiting the number of IP's on the internet.
IPv4 which is the version of the protocol used previously has a limit of 2 ^ 32 which is approximately 4.29 billion addresses because in this version it uses 32 bits for addresses.
When I say that IP addresses are no longer available, what I mean is that all addresses have already been reserved by multiple type institutions (Amazon, MIT, ISP's and etc ...)
Version 6, or as publicly known as IPv6, uses 128 bits or 2 ^ 128 which is more or less 340,282,366,920,938,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 addresses, and as you can see, we will have addresses for many generations.
PS: And of course, with 128 bits it is going to improve many security features. But the main reason is the scarcity of internet addresses (IP's).
You made the explanation better, it was just to add.
Type just to add that each day that passes is closer to IoT and besides that if UNITEL predisposes to implement IPv6 it will have as benefits, more address space for global reach and scalability, simplification of the header format which will improve the packet delivery, routing will improve (yes, connecting to and outside the UNITEL Network will be more efficient), with a correct IPv6 implementation many services will be self-configuring, IPSec will be implemented natively (IPSec -Internet Protocol Security - it is a set of network protocols that authenticates and encrypts data packets sent over a network) and will also see the growth in the number of multicast addresses, as well as implementations for quality of service (very important for a service with a lot of customers).
But also IPv6 - it cannot be a bed of roses 100%, given that the equipment for IPv6 may not be available to both the operator and users, and that there are few protocols and applications in operation with the built-in IPv6, this it may leave sites sluggish, it may also have difficulty routing small packages, and the packages are defined by the source.
This is very good, due to cyber attacks and full use of virtual services is an evaluation. It just doesn't come to harm users of it.