IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) is the latest version of the Internet Protocol, the foundation that computers use to communicate over the internet. It is the successor to IPv4 and provides a much larger pool of IP addresses along with improved support for modern services.
Why IPv6 was introduced
IPv4 was specified in the early 1980s and was not designed for the scale of today’s internet. It offers only around four billion IP addresses, a limit that the world has effectively reached.
IPv6 was developed to solve this. It offers an enormously larger address space and improved handling of services such as streaming and broadcasting. The roll-out of IPv6 has been gradual, partly because several techniques have been developed to make better use of the limited IPv4 address space.
IPv6 at Loopia
Loopia supports IPv6 across its network, on its own website and in all customer zones. Support for IPv6 on customer websites will continue to be rolled out over time.