IPv6 Working Group

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internet2 long since enabled
- core IP network routers all IP enabled for 6 years or so [Juniper T-series]
- optical network / DCN (Dynamic Circuit network) also support IPv6
- backbone supports 32-bit ASNs
I2's Commodity Peering Service
- originally IPv4 routes as a separate VRF
- but for IPv6, R&E and Commodity routes were mixed
- in the near future (this month) this will change with commodity IPv6 routes going to the commodity VRF
Most connectors to I2 are doing so via IPv6 aswell as IPv4
Main Problems:
- penetration into campus
- application support, webservers, mail servers etc.
I2 members requesting less hands-on, training workshops and moving more towards campus deployment
Recent I2 Joint Techs meeting setup v6 namespace and "autoconfigure" - really?
New website will be deployed with a checklist on each member's compliance steps towards full IPv6 compliance

IPv6 addresses in China - only a 31 /32 address spaces, not even as much as Germany, but has world's largest Internet user base 210 million
working on CNGI - China Next Generation Internet - deploying IPv6 backbone and applications now.... but still not quite mass market, but of a trial still
- user education a challenge