Back in Febrary, Netflix got an IPv6 allocation from ARIN. Now, they’re running an IPv6 test: http://ipv6.netflix.com/.
Like ipv6.google.com, it’s an IPv6-only site.
You can’t stream video over IPv6, but you can go to their web site and manage your queue.
[ Source : Living With IPV6 ]
The next-generation Internet Protocol, IPv6, has been much discussed but long in coming around the world. I’ve been playing around with it on Linux and FreeBSD, as well as Windows, but having to use tunnel brokers overseas has put some brakes on my IPv6 experience.
This looks set to change now that FX Networks, a national backbone provider, has announced that its network is natively running IPv6 in parallel with IPv4. With IPv4 address space predicted to run out next year, New Zealand is sailing rather close to the wind on deploying IPv6.
[ Source : ZDNet Australia ]
What’s wrong with IPv6, what’s right, and why none of us really has a choice, according to supporters.
“After IPv4 runs out, it’s not the same as running out of oil, where there would be no cars running the next morning,” said Alain Durand, director of IPv6 architecture and Internet governance in Comcast’s Office of the CTO. “Everything that has been deployed will still work, so don’t panic.”
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[ Source : internetnews.com ]
The frst German IPv6 congress took place on May 28th & 29th in Frankfurt and was hosted by heise Netze, iX,
and DE-CIX. Over 200 attendees, great presentations and tutorials made this congress a great success. The
program included firsthand reports relevant to practical issues instead of marketing blurbs or general declara-
tions of intent.
The welcome notes were given by Johannes Endres (Chief Editor at Heise Netze) and DE-CIX’s Frank Orlowski who
pointed out that IPv6 is fnally getting the attention it is supposed to get.
Full Story in DE-CIX May 2009 Newsletter
[ Source : DE-CIX ]
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Last week in Las Vegas, the Interop show took place. An unofficial count of 14,000 technology buyers and enthusiasts attended. While much lower than its record (over 100,000 strong), the show is still the biggest technology show which features a major presence by virtually every networking vendor. While exhibiting at Interop, we decided to walk the Interop Expo and ask the IPv6 support question to see if the mainstream corporate and enterprise space agrees with the need to think beyond IPv4.
That feedback was typical of the IPv6 supports who said it was Asia and Europe end-user demand and US Government requirements. One could say that the US Government mandate for IPv6 support was widely successful.
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[ Source : CircleID ]
The RIPE NCC today announced the launch of the IPv6 Act Now! website. RIPE NCC, a Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Europe, the Middle East and parts of Central Asia, calls the website a one-stop destination on IPv6 where everyone can understand and provide a variety of useful information aimed at promoting the global adoption of IPv6. “The site is for anyone with an interest in IPv6, including network engineers, company directors, law enforcement agencies, government representatives and civil society.”
[ Source : IPv6ActNow via RIPE NCC ]
Analysis Google last week touted the benefits and ease of switching to IPv6, the next generation internet protocol, while the IT world in general remains resolutely indifferent about the technology.
Uptake of IPv6 is low, despite predictions that IPv4 numbers will become used up in as little as two years. A recent survey by the Internet Society found that many within a small sample of internet industry heavy hitters reckoned IPv6 uptake was being driven more by fashion than a strong business case.
[ Source : The Register ]
Andy Davidson documents his 2 hour IPv6 deployment
“On Wednesday at 2:30PM uk time, I applied for a /32. One hour later, we were allocated 2a02:c30::/32. I straight away assigned a /48 for our network infrastruture, and another for our production hosting lan, another for our development hosting lan. From these /48s, several /64s were reserved, one for router loopbacks, another for point to point links, more for individual hosting applications. An hour later, this was implemented on our network – routers had loopbacks, and a v6 IGP was up and running, and working. I filed a ticket with our upstreams, and the first announcement was turned up minutes later – check BGPlay for exact times. Around 2 hours after making our application to RIPE, we were participants on the IPv6 internet.”
[ source www.andyd.net ]
LINX is holding a IPv6 technical workshop for LINX members in London on Friday 13th March 2009.
This event is aimed at an audience of network architecture and network engineering staff and will focus on practical IPv6 deployment, primarily though the sharing of experience and knowledge gained by those who have already deployed IPv6 or are in the process of doing so. LINX has so far received expressions of interest from several international telecom companies, mobile operators and content providers along with a large number of UK ISPs.
If your a LINX member its definately something that should be attended.
