Summary

The Internet Society coordinated World IPv6 Launch, a significant event dedicated to the world's first successful IPv6 test campaign that proved the technology was viable and reliable. This milestone was built upon the previous one-day IPv6 Day event held in June 2011, where key stakeholders demonstrated that IPv6 would allow existing servers and routers to function seamlessly on modern networks. The 6 June 2012 launch brought together major participants including service providers, home networking manufacturers, and web companies. Together, these groups committed to permanently enabling IPv6 for all their products, marking the end of IPv4 as the dominant network protocol and opening the route to a new generation of internet services for the global population.

Title

World IPv6 Launch

Description

World IPv6 Launch

Keywords

launch, world, internet, background, home, participants, society, measurements, join, major, service, providers, june, support, vector, file, code

NS Lookup

A 172.67.165.117, A 104.21.57.186

Dates

Created 2026-04-15

Updated 2026-04-17

Summarized 2026-04-16