Why are you transitioning to IPv6?
With the leaves turning colors and temperatures getting cooler in parts of the ARIN region, the seasons are definitely in transition. But the weather isn’t the only thing changing:so is the way we connect to the Internet. Many of us have already transitioned from IPv4 to IPv6 or are in the process of making the transition.
We want to know your reasons for transitioning to IPv6. Tell us in the comments below. Maybe you have a story to share? Maybe you’d like to wax philosophical? Maybe you haven’t transitioned to IPv6 yet, but you’re considering it? We want to hear from you too.
Maybe you transitioned to IPv6 because it will allow your peer-to-peer applications to run better?
Maybe you’re transitioning to IPv6 because you see a future where many many devices are going to need a way to connect to the Internet?
Maybe you will transition to IPv6 because you know it will make you the savviest geek in town?
We could keep going, but we would rather hear from you. Drop us a line in the comments below.
Why are YOU transitioning to IPv6?
Or if its suits you better:Why did YOU transition to IPv6?
Or if you haven’t already:Why will YOU transition to IPv6?
6 Comments
I transitioned to IPv6 because I want my customers to be able to find me & access my website.
Go IPv6!
I deployed IPv6 on my home network several years ago. I’ve been running dual stack waiting for the rest of the world to catch up for some time.
I did it because I was curious about how hard it would be and wanted to learn what was coming. Turns out it was pretty easy. Mostly 96 more bits, no magic. The biggest hurdles when I did it were getting providers of various services (such as DNS) to provide appropriate IPv6 capabilities (such as glue records). Those problems have been mostly solved now.
IPv4 runout is going to drive progress on the internet to IPv6. The question is whether you want to lead, follow, or get run over by the coming changes. Leading has a lot of advantages in my experience.
I now make a very good living as an IPv6 expert.
While I have not been involved in the actual deployment of IPv6 at Washington University in St. Louis, I work with those that have. IPv6 is seen as an enabler at the University and the University sees itself in a leadership role for both technology and teaching. IPv6 represents the future and those that involve themselves early see a landscape that is more pristine. The effort to do so has not been great.
1. CGN and DS-Lite break things (draft-donley-nat444-impacts).
2. Transition technologies are more expensive than IPv6. Especially since you have to do IPv6 eventually, anyway.
3. NAT obscures addresses (RFC6269).
4. Every network that deploys IPv6 shows everyone else it’s possible.
At Google, we believe that IPv6 is essential to the continued health
and openness of the Internet — and that by allowing all devices on a
network to talk to each other directly, IPv6 will enable innovation
and allow the Internet’s continued growth.
I have found there to be first mover, competitive advantage in adopting IPv6 insofar as the differences between v4 (scarcity) and v6 (infinite) are significant enough that one must “re-visit” IP basics/fundamentals to do this right. Like any new, ubiquitous technology, early adopters of v6 who take the time to learn the “ins and outs” will be able to innovate upon the v6 protocol. First movers will have the technical and competitive advantage over those that wait to adopt v6.