After helping to hatch the plan for World IPv6 Day set for Wednesday, a senior network engineer at Facebook is raring to test the site's reworked network.
Facebook's Donn Lee has been getting the social network ready for this first worldwide test flight of IPv6 since last fall when plans for the June 8 event were put in place. Wednesday is the day that the giants of the Internet - Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Verizon and Facebook - will give IPv6 a whirl and see how it works.
Lee, who came up with the idea for World IPv6 Day with Google network engineer Lorenzo Colitti, said he's confident all will go well and he's not expecting any surprises.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217406/
Facebook's Donn Lee has been getting the social network ready for this first worldwide test flight of IPv6 since last fall when plans for the June 8 event were put in place. Wednesday is the day that the giants of the Internet - Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Verizon and Facebook - will give IPv6 a whirl and see how it works.
Lee, who came up with the idea for World IPv6 Day with Google network engineer Lorenzo Colitti, said he's confident all will go well and he's not expecting any surprises.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217406/