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By Packet Pushers
An essential resource for building your knowledge, confidence & expertise in how to deploy IPv6 in your organization.
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Network architecture, routing, switching, protocols, operations, and network engineering.
Core internet protocols, DNS, interconnection, content delivery, and global connectivity.
Evaluation, comparison, recommendation, and practical assessment of technology products or media.
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Detailed technical, architectural, or research-oriented examination.
Interpretation, opinion, debate, review, and analytical discussion.
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Regularly assumes specialist knowledge and discusses implementation, architecture, protocols, code, or research in depth.
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Traditional IPAM and DDI tools struggle to handle IPv6 at scale because they were originally designed around IPv4. Today Ed and Tom examine the visibility challenges posed by SLAAC addresses, broken DNS integrations, and massive prefix allocations.
Is your current network monitoring infrastructure capable of seeing IPv6 traffic or are you flying blind in a dual-stack environment?
Nick Burgalio and Tom Coffeen discuss a Reddit post that had what appeared to be new federal guidance on IPv6 adoption. While it seems the timelines and guidelines haven’t changed, the post raises questions about the effectiveness of mandates in driving IPv6 adoption.
Franck Martin returns to the show to discuss the practical challenges of retiring IPv4 with hosts Ed, Nick, and Tom. Together they break down key strategies, how to work effectively with vendors, and how to mitigate potential outages during the transition.
Andrew Palardy joins the hosts to discuss how Tayga, the open-source NAT64 daemon for Linux, is being updated to ensure it is up to date with all the current RFCs.
Network Address Translation (NAT), a foundational element of IPv4, faces critical reassessment as IPv6 deployment shifts the landscape.
You can learn a lot about IPv6 from books, videos, and podcasts (such as this one), but it’s hard to beat hands-on experience. John Osmon joins our hosts to discuss how to set up your own IPv6 environment. They cover what John has done, including low-cost home lab options, how it’s impacted his thinking, and...
Today’s conversation centers around a new Best Current Practices (BCP) RFC draft written by Jordi Palet Martinez. Our hosts explore the document for service providers and enterprises, including prefix sizing for point-to-point links, the pros and cons of numbering choices, and best practices for prefix pool allocation.
Why is IPv6 so much more complicated than IPv4? Could a newer version such as IPv8 be the solution? Guest Brian Carpenter joins our hosts to explain that many of IPv6’s complications are mathematical necessities. They point out that IPv6 has a 30 year head start on any IPv8 proposal that would struggle with many...
Tom Coffeen and Nick Buraglio welcome Chris Cummings to talk about developing code for IPv6. Chris argues that moving to IPv6 restores end-to-end connectivity, which reduces complexity for developers without the need for “ridiculous hacks” caused by IPv4 NAT.