Ipv6: The New Internet Protocol

This is a good book written by someone who really knows the material.The book *is* somewhat out of date - a three years old book on a developing protocol cant be current [and it's my expectation that a new edition would be printed soon], but it's a very good way to get the big picture about it before starting to read the fine details in the RFCs.As other reviewers wrote, the comparison between IPv4 and IPv6 is a little lacking, but this book is *not* intended to be read as one's first text on IP - it's audience is people who are already familiar with IPv4.

IPv6 is still going thru some changes. While the book is not as up to date as I would like it to be, it does a pretty good job of explaining what is (was) different from IPv4 and the why of it. As for comparisons to IPv4, they can be found throughout different sections of the book, tho not in detail. Overall, a good guide to IPng w/ good explainations.

As soon as I saw on a TV show that Internet protocol was planned to be replaced for some reason, and a new Internet protocol is designed, I decided to go after its details. Now IPv6 is the subject of my final year thesis report for computer systems engineering, and this book was the pick for me. JAVAID AHMED SOOMRO