IPv6

Learn more about IPv6 deployment with network professionals sharing their experience.

Teun VinkTeun Vink - BIT BV - IPv6 and ISPs

Teun Vink talks about the challenges BIT BV experienced when they rolled out IPv6, the kinds of IPv6 questions their helpdesk gets and how they trained their staff on IPv6.

 

Tore Anderson about IPv6Tore Anderson - Redpill Linpro AS - IPv6 and Content Providers

Tore Anderson explains how dual-stack brokenness affects content providers, how they tackled this problem, and why 6to4 and Teredo can be problematic.

 

Nuno VieraNuno Viera - NFSI Telecom - IPv6 and Hosting

Nuno Vieira explains the benefits of tunnel brokers, the status of web hosting control panels, and how his company, NFSi, solved the current issues.

 

Jan ŽoržJan Žorž - Go6 Institute - IPv6 and Mobile Internet

Jan Žorž talks about IPv6 and the mobile network: the problems with dual-stacking, the current status of IPv6 mobile support, and the need for IPv6 in LTE.

 

Useful Links about IPv6

One-stop source of information for network operators, businesses and governments on IPv6 adoption and deployment. Includes statistics, links and other useful information.

 

ARIN's IPv6 Wiki. You can find information about IPv6 basics, survey results and implementation and management of IPv6.

 

An India-Europe Cooperation to promote IPv6 adoption.

 

List of all the RFCs and drafts related to IPv6 deployment.

 

RIPE Document on requirements for IPv6 in ICT Equipment.

 

A book that thoroughly covers all the important aspects of the transition to IPv6.

 

White Paper about various techniques for IPv6 Migration, IPv4 Preservation and IPv4/IPv6 Translation such as Large Scale NAT (LSN), Dual-Stack Lite (DS-Lite), NAT64, DNS64, 6rd, SLB-PT and more.

 

Geoff Huston's personal site. Includes a series of research/stats articles on transition techniques and more.

Important Mailing Lists on IPv6

The mailing list of the RIPE IPv6 Working Group, on which the RIPE community discusses IPv6 policy and operational issues.

 

A list for people who are actually deploying IPv6 in the Internet. Its focus is on technical and operational issues (especially BGP routing) and development of the production IPv6 Internet cloud.