IPv4 will run out of addresses within a few short years, but adoption of IPv6 has been slow in coming.
By Chris Smith
Among the new features in IBM i 6.1 (V6R1) is expanded support for the next-generation Internet protocol, IPv6. The new protocol follows the current IPv4 with a greatly expanded pool of available addresses and provides a number of other secondary features, including improvements in security, mobility, and route optimization.