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By Bradley Mitchell, About.com Guide to Wireless / Networking since 1999

Vista and IPv6 Not A Bad Thing

Sunday September 10, 2006
| Commentary | The new Microsoft Vista operating system contains built-in support for the IPv6 network protocol. Some news outlets recently have suggested Vista IPv6 may cause Internet network traffic problems. It's true that some extra traffic to DNS servers will be needed to support IPv6 queries, but this by itself is no big deal. In the long run, IPv6 will become the standard for Internet Protocol support, which will help the Net continue to grow for many years to come.
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