Challenges for IPv6 commercialization: User Experience

IPv6 has long been recognized as the core standard of next-generation Internet, and China's IPv6 technology has developed rapidly. IPv6 is no longer a product of concept, and commercial deployment is imminent.

At present, people are gradually paying close attention to IPv6 migration technologies for no reason. Although IPv6 has been sought after and popular for many years, it is still invisible to most people.

For users, full-Network IPv6 is quite attractive, which can also be seen from the successful domestic education network IPv6 applications.

As the first batch of IPv6 pilot networks in China, the education network represented by campus networks of major universities has gradually achieved large-scale IPv6 transformation, search IPv6-related information on various major Weibo and community sites in China. We can see that during the application of teachers and students, the high-speed and efficient response to IPv6 is very strong, A large number of Campus Service sites fully built based on IPv6 have also emerged. Well-known sites such as "six-dimensional space" and "IPv6TV" have all achieved great success. Its high-speed upload/download and simple terminal access methods are all talked about by users when using the IPv6 network, some netizens even used the IPv6 transmission speed as a measure of the network quality in the travel experience: "The Shanghai network speed is good, and it is almost the same as the IPv6 network speed ".

IPv6 is coming to us. As a common Internet user, are you ready to experience IPv6 that looks beautiful?

At this time, IPv6 gradually becomes clearer. The combination of various migration technologies allows us to approach this fast and stable network. But there are also various problems. In terms of user experience, how do people in IPv4 networks use IPv6? What should I do if the application software I used to be familiar with when I entered the IPv6 network is no longer usable? And so on.

Let's look at the problems facing IPv6 from the user's perspective. What is the core significance of the basic network for users? Is there a sound architecture? Is it a high-end device? I'm afraid none of them.

The most important significance of the basic network for users is: whether it can perfectly carry the various applications required by users.

Building a "inexpensive" IPv6 network is no longer a concern for users. "How to Use" is the biggest headache for users.

Users do not develop every application on their own, such as the email system and video conferencing system. They basically purchase ready-made products to solve this problem. This will cause a problem when the user's network is transitioning to IPv6, it is difficult for existing system applications to develop on their own to support dual-stack. Re-purchasing will cause great losses and repeated investment.

Some vendors have introduced corresponding solutions considering the above issues. Users only need to add a security gateway to the port to be converted, the original IPv4 application, architecture and so on do not need to do any change, can achieve a complete IPv4-IPv6 connection, whether it is an IPv4 network application or IPv6 network application, both the forward proxy and reverse proxy can provide a perfect experience for the whole network.