IPv6

How IPv6 will heal the digital divide and reduce global energy usage

Microsoft Subnet — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:18:57 -0500

Can IPv6 change the world? Reduce excessive energy consumption? Spend a little time chatting with IPv6 champion extraordinaire Geof Lambert and you will soon be convinced it can. Lambert, an executive recruiter by trade, has always had a love of technology. He combined that with his philanthropic leanings to become one of the best–known advocates of IPv6 as a tool for ending the digital divide.

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Microsoft both leads and lags in IPv6 support

Microsoft Subnet — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:29:26 -0400

The co-authors of Global IPv6 Strategies were the guests for a live Network World chat last week where they discussed all things IPv6, including Microsoft's role in moving adoption along.

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IPv6 Update

FredWettling — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:56:15 -0400

The US Gov NIST IPv6 Profiles and test programs are now public: www.antd.nist.gov/usgv6 NIST IPv6 FAQs provide additional clarity on NIST convergence with DoD & other profiles: www.antd.nist.gov/usgv6/usgv6-v1-faq.htm Regards - Fred Wettling

Experts offer views on getting started with IPv6, and more

Cisco Subnet — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:10:27 -0400

The co-authors of Global IPv6 Strategies were the guests for a live Network World chat where they discussed all things IPv6.

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Live chat today: IPv6 strategies for the enterprise

Jeff Caruso — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:42:15 -0400

At 2 p.m. today we'll have a live chat on a topic that is much on network managers' minds these days. Go here to sign in as early as 1:00. Here's the description:

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Live chat today on IPv6 for the enterprise (2 p.m. ET)

Microsoft Subnet — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:21:23 -0400

Need help with IPv6 strategies for the enterprise? Join us for a live Network World text chat with Fred Wettling, Patrick Grossetete and Ciprian Popoviciu today from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST. The co-authors of the book Global IPv6 Strategies will be available to answer your questions about IPv6.

Live Chat Wednesday: IPv6 strategies for the enterprise

Cisco Subnet — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:59:20 -0400

LIVE CHAT: IPv6 strategies for the enterprise: Chat live with Fred Wettling, Patrick Grossetete, Ciprian Popoviciu on Wednesday Sept. 10 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST. The co-authors of the book Global IPv6 strategies will be available to answer your questions about IPv6. Go here to participate.

Cisco, Nivis demo 6LoWPAN sensor network

John Cox — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:45:10 -0400

Cisco and Nivis this week demonstrated an operational wireless IP mesh network using the low-power IPv6 protocol, dubbed 6LoWPAN.

Using Nivis wireless sensors and routers, the demonstration network linked a parking meter with several streetlights, a sensor ring in a parking space, and what was described as a Cisco cell phone. The arrangement was used to communicate to the driver that a parking space was available, and in another instance that the meter had expired. The same system could be used to alert security details to turn on parking garage lights, or provide traffic meter staff with information about expired or inoperable meters.

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IPv6, DHCP and the Government

Schratboy — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:36:21 -0400

Ok, so the Feds are ready. What does this mean? They demonstrated that they can execute on a command and control basis which is their primary function. And how much did this silly exercise cost us?$$$$$$$ Next, what are the practical considerations? In the era of DHCP, if they wanted to use some of their huge licenses more smartly it would be a good start.

Turning IPv6 Off

Glenn Weadock — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:36:29 -0400

If your organization isn't using IPv6, or any applications that demand it, you may find that your Longhorn boxes are using a bit more network bandwidth than necessary. In fact, the inventor of DNS, Paul Mockapetris, made some fairly strong statements about this effect shortly after Vista debuted. While many observers felt that his criticisms were exaggerated, the guy invented DNS, for Pete's sake, so there's probably some truth in what he says.

Turning IPv6 off isn't as easy as it should be. You can deselect it from the network interface's property sheet, but that doesn't completely turn off IPv6, it just disables it for that interface.

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Why so little IPv6 at Interop?

Wed, 07 May 2008 13:36:09 -0400

I returned today from Interop 2008 Las Vegas expo, where I attended to gauge how well prepared exhibitors were for IPv6 network deployment. I was very disappointed that out of the approximately 450 exhibitors on the conference floor, there was only one company that even used the term "IPv6" on the posted exhibitor-list online. When walking around the booths, talking with both hardware and software companies, I was even more amazed at the unknowing responses I received. While I could only sample a percentage of the total exhibitors, a clear trend was coming to light during my discussions.

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IPv6 is a bigger issue than even Jamie makes out

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:14:01 -0400

Regardless of how good you get at content filtering, the fundamental problem remains that you can't predict and deter the freshest iterations of spam content ahead of time, without risking some false positives. For this reason, it's essential to also use a layer of IP-based filtering and connection management to get rid of connections from suspicious sources. In an IPv4 world, reputation filtering has a 2^32 address space to conquer. That's a lot of IP addresses, but not untenable.

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Sprint says: IPv6 access will cost the same as IPv4 access...

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:48:23 -0400

Sprint says: IPv6 access will cost the same as IPv4 access. What does that mean for dual stack users. Do they pay twice? Do they get twice the bandwidth then? Or do you pay per ip-address?

April Fools

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:38:30 -0400

Talk about marketing....The US isn't Japan. Am I really supposed to take this article seriously? Ok, so yes we will eventually need IPv6, but all of the APPs will need to support it or we will be in v4tov6 hell for years. This is w2k all over again........

IPv6

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:24:20 -0400

Having your company hosted on IPv6 will be greatly appreciated by customers who will not be able to get new ipv4 addressses when the pool dries up. It's the way to go.

IPv6 Driver

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:28:06 -0500

The only real Driver of the transition to IPv6 in the US is DoD. Even the US Government has down-shifted. There are disagreements between DoD and the rest of the US Gov't on the Profiles, Test Policy, etc. 2011+

IPv6 Hour at NANOG: A Follow-Up

jdoyle — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:00:37 -0500

I wrote in the previous post about IPv6 hour at NANOG, in which the dual-stacked wireless LAN would be shut down and all access would be via the IPv6-only wireless LAN; getting IPv4 destinations outside the LAN would be via NAT-PT.

It started off a little rough. Throughout the conference I had IPv4 turned off on my MAC and had been working just fine on the IPv6-only LAN. Admittedly I didn’t try many different online applications, just the things I use on a regular basis: Web browsing and e-mail. An I FTP’d some files to my editor at Cisco Press – all without difficulty.

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RE: Will there be an IP address black market?

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:28:13 -0500

I just hope this goes one step further in promoting IPv6 which is taking an inordinately long time to get moving. No-one should be allowed to make money from something they got for free at a time when no one realised there was going to be an address space issue.

RE: Could IP address plan mean another IPv6 delay?

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:03:00 -0500

I think you have it backwards. IPv4 band-aids don't cause IPv6 delays. Its the substantial resistance to IPv6 that causes IPv4 band-aids.

Inside Internet2

Alpha Doggs — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:18:50 -0500

Chris Robb has been named as the day-to-day operations manager of Internet2, the nationwide research and education network that boasts 100Gbps speeds. Read our Q&A with what Robb is up against and where Internet2 is heading.