Customer support lines will be ringing at broadband ISPs on World IPv6 Day this Wednesday, June 8, but consumers calling to question bad connections may not get all the help they want.
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Tim Winters, UNH-IOL, on prepping providers for the IPv6 onslaught
June 7, 2011
Over the past decade and a half, interoperability has been a crucial factor in continued adoption of the IPv6 addressing standard. The University of New Hampshire's Interoperability Laboratory has played a key role in advancing IPv6 through its role as a vendor-neutral testing facility.
G.hn Moves From Specification to Reality
June 7, 2011
BEAVERTON, OR--(Marketwire - Jun 7, 2011) - In a win for the wired home networking industry, four G.hn chipset manufacturers converged in Geneva, Switzerland for the world's first open G.hn Interoperability Plugfest. A joint effort of HomeGrid Forum and the Broadband Forum hosted at the ITU-T's global headquarters and organized by University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), the event presented the first open opportunity for silicon vendors to test the interoperability of their products, based on the G.hn home...
UNH-IOL Pushes IPv6 to the Consumer Edge
June 6, 2011
DURHAM, N.H.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, today announced it is helping broadband providers and customer premises equipment (CPE) vendors to prepare for the delivery of reliable, uninterrupted Internet service to their customers using IPv6, and enabling end-user connectivity by verifying IPv6 readiness in home networking equipment. Last month, the lab hosted the UNH-IOL IPv6 CE Test Event for Consumer Edge...
Ethernet Alliance completes second 40/100 Gigabit Ethernet interoperability event
June 6, 2011
The Ethernet Alliance announced the summary results of its Higher Speed Ethernet (HSE) subcommittee interoperability plugfest for products designed to support IEEE Std. 802.3ba-2010, 40 and 100 Gbps Ethernet. This is the second such interoperability event hosted by the Ethernet Alliance; the first event was held in September of 2010.
Expanded Internet getting a trial run
June 6, 2011
Techy folks arent always great at thinking up brand names, which may explain why the biggest change to hit the online world in years carries the non-memorable name IPv6.
UNH-IOL to assist broadband providers, vendors during IPv6 World Day
June 6, 2011
While much of the IPv6 transition has mainly focused on what impact this week's IPv6 World Day test will have on businesses, the University of New Hampshire's InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL) is going to assist broadband providers what impact the industry's test flight will have on consumers.
UNH-IOL Helps Broadband Providers and CPE Vendors Prepare for IPv6 Services
June 6, 2011
The UNH-IOL, an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, is also assisting in enabling end-user connectivity by verifying IPv6 readiness in home networking equipment.
Ethernet Alliance completes second 40/100 Gigabit Ethernet interoperability event
June 3, 2011
The Ethernet Alliance announced the summary results of its Higher Speed Ethernet (HSE) subcommittee interoperability plugfest for products designed to support IEEE Std. 802.3ba-2010, 40 and 100 Gbps Ethernet. This is the second such interoperability event hosted by the Ethernet Alliance; the first event was held in September of 2010.
Ethernet Alliance Completes Interoperability Event for 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet
June 2, 2011
The Ethernet Alliance has today announced the summary results of the Higher Speed Ethernet (HSE) subcommittee interoperability plugfest for products designed to support IEEE Std. 802.3baTM-2010, 40 and 100 Gbps Ethernet. Fourteen Ethernet Alliance members including Berk-Tek Systems (a Nexans Company), Broadcom, Brocade, Extreme Networks, Ixia, JDSU, Juniper Networks, Mellanox Technologies, Opnext, Panduit, Siemon, Spirent Communications, TE Connectivity (TE-formerly Tyco Electronics) and Volex Group plc gathered at the UNH-IOL, the Interoperability Lab at the University of New Hampshire in Durham,...