This is a continuation from the naruto diviation thread.
Hehe... going to be a bit off topic for this thread.. gomen gomen.
In any case it's fantastic news from yzlu!
Im not on a LAN its a network in WA called WAIX
http://www.waia.asn.au/waix/ check it out. The other network is acctually internet2 which supports a connection that is way beyond gigabit LAN connection check
http://lsr.internet2.edu/. However I do not know what hardware support id get, but all I know that my ftp connection can achieve 3-5 megabytes/sec.
With regards to WAIX, I think all (or most anyway) the ISPs in Malaysia are now connected to MIX (Malaysian Internet Exchange) so there's nothing to fret about on that regard. If anything, the complaint was that it took so long for Malaysia to obtain an IX server (launched in Nov of 2003) because TM Net was blocking it.
For those who don't understand what an IX server does it's basically a server that routes traffic between ISPs. Prior to Nov 2003 if a Malaysian had a webpage hosted on the Jaring network and someone who subscribed to TM Net wanted to view it, the traceroute would have showed you heading to the USA (via Singapore and Japan) and then BACK to Malaysia (via Singapore and Japan) AGAIN.
Seems stupid, but that's how backward Malaysia was (is!).
That's all fixed now so no need to worry about it.
What is really good news though is that yzlu gets 3-5MB/s via Internet2. Now you might be thinking that internet2 is something beyond your reach but really it isn't. Now I will stop using the word 'Internet2' because like 'multimedia' it is a term that has been widely abused since people could mistake it for www2 addresses or other such schemes that proclaim themselves to be the second internet (like the way the .tw high level domain sometimes markets itself). Instead I will call it "IPv6" which is what yzlu is on.
IPv6
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You have all probably heard of TCP/IP and must certainly have that protocol installed otherwise you would not be able to view this page. IP being 'Internet Protocol'. If you're not aware, we're currently using IPv4 which is the internet you have all come to know and love. IPv6 are modifications to the IP protocol to bring it more up to date (keep in mind that the internet runs on technologies that are now over 3 decades old since a lot of it was based on specs developed during the 70's ... which is ancient history in computer age)
You can read more about it by following the link yzlu provided or better yet, chek out the Malaysian authority on the subject:
Malaysia Advanced Network Integrated System
http://www.manis.net.my/And if you really want to give it a go (and live near Bangsar):
http://wifi.my6.net.my/-WARNING: I last visited this place a few months before I left for the USA (ie: last year) and when I checked it again today, the site was down (HAHA, typical for Malaysia I guess... )
-Back then, acess to the free WiFi service in bangsar required the installation of a 'Tunneler' program which modifies the TCP/IP protocol in your computer to allow usage of IPv6. The tunneler also autotranslates IPv4 addresses so you can surf the regular www.
-It's FREE (the magic word!)
It should be fairly obvious by now that the average Naruto fan (or 'Narutard' as we are commonly called :lol: ) isn't going to go through all the bother of getting aquainted with IPv6. Especially since it won't get us Naruto episodes any faster (since someone else has to host a local FTP server with the episodes on it AND you must have acess to that server the way yzlu does).
So why did I even bother with this post? That's exactly because a Narutard is unlikely to be a techie! There is a dire need for IPv6 to gain exposure and popular support. To paraphrase X-Files:
The better internet is out there. (and it is IPv6)
Having posted all that, I myself do not use IPv6. That makes me a hypocrite but I will still try to support it (verbally) since the sooner it gets implemented the better. Then I won't have to contend with NAT and other silly workarrounds and I'll be able to get all my web enabled appliances a lot sooner!
... that and I find it morally disgusting that MIT controls more IP addresses than China and Malaysia combined.Pardon my ignorance and lack of knowledge on this topic, how people mix up internet2 and IPv6?
Isnt the internet2 a network high transfer rate network and IPv6 a way to allocate computers that are on the internet?
