Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-06-14 Thread James Harr
Really -- just go play with it. I started by setting up a tunnelbroker.net account at home. A majority of the packet slapping functionality of routers work just fine. It's when you get into things like applications, load balancing, NAT64/DNS64 where things start to get a little buggy. And you'll n

Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-06-14 Thread Octavio Alvarez
On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 03:00:27 -0800, Robert Lusby wrote: I am however *terrified* of making that move. There is so many new phrases, words, things to think about etc You fears will significantly lower after you set up a separate lab and play with it. With something as simple as a switch you c

Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-10 Thread Daniel Roesen
On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 03:43:35PM -0500, Jared Mauch wrote: > > Jack (hates all routers equally, doesn't matter who makes it) > > Welcome to the life of being a network operator. :) That's called "carrier grade" these days by all those vendors! :-) SCNR, Daniel -- CLUE-RIPE -- Jabber: d...@cl

Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-10 Thread Roland Perry
rough all the issues (hopefully with some help - I've seen people struggle to get IPv6 working on a Windows XP laptop, for example). Roland. - Original Message - From: "Mike Lyon" To: "Jack Bates" Cc: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Thursday, 10 February, 2011 7:30:5

Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-09 Thread Fred Richards
gt; From: "William Herrin" > To: "Franck Martin" > Cc: nanog@nanog.org, "Robert Lusby" > Sent: Thursday, 10 February, 2011 7:37:31 AM > Subject: Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective > > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Franck Martin wrote: >> From: &

Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-09 Thread Mark Andrews
In message , Will iam Herrin writes: > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 6:00 AM, Robert Lusby wrote: > > I also get why we need IPv6, that it means removing the NAT (which, surpr= > ise > > surprise also runs our Firewall), and I that I might need new kit for it. > > > > I am however *terrified* of making

Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-09 Thread Joel Jaeggli
On 2/9/11 2:22 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: > There have been IPv6 for dummies sessions at many past NANOGs. > > If NANOG is willing to provide time and space for them at future events, I > will > be happy to conduct the tutorial sessions. program committee would no doubt love to hear from you. > Owe

Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-09 Thread Owen DeLong
There have been IPv6 for dummies sessions at many past NANOGs. If NANOG is willing to provide time and space for them at future events, I will be happy to conduct the tutorial sessions. Owen On Feb 9, 2011, at 10:30 AM, Mike Lyon wrote: > With the recent allocation of the last existing IPv4 /8s

Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-09 Thread Owen DeLong
On Feb 9, 2011, at 10:03 AM, William Herrin wrote: > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 6:00 AM, Robert Lusby wrote: >> I also get why we need IPv6, that it means removing the NAT (which, surprise >> surprise also runs our Firewall), and I that I might need new kit for it. >> >> I am however *terrified* of

Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-09 Thread Jared Mauch
On Feb 9, 2011, at 1:22 PM, Jack Bates wrote: > On 2/9/2011 12:03 PM, William Herrin wrote: >> The thing that terrifies me about deploying IPv6 is that apps >> compatible with both are programmed to attempt IPv6 before IPv4. This >> means my first not-quite-correct IPv6 deployments are going to b

Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-09 Thread Jens Link
Owen DeLong writes: > Build a test lab and start experimenting. You'll find that for the > most part, it's just 96 more bits and very little magic. Unfortunately most people think that IPv6 is dark magic an are deeply afraid of it. Sadly many of these people cannot be convinced of the opposite.

Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-09 Thread Jens Link
William Herrin writes: > The thing that terrifies me about deploying IPv6 is that apps > compatible with both are programmed to attempt IPv6 before IPv4. This > means my first not-quite-correct IPv6 deployments are going to break > my apps that are used to not having and therefore not trying IPv6

Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-09 Thread Franck Martin
nanog@nanog.org, "Robert Lusby" Sent: Thursday, 10 February, 2011 7:37:31 AM Subject: Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Franck Martin wrote: > From: "William Herrin" >> The thing that terrifies me about deploying IPv6 is that apps >>

Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-09 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 9 feb 2011, at 19:30, Tony Hain wrote: > Making the mass change of enabling the servers at the point you expect > service to work is just asking for support calls... Do that on june 8 like everyone else. :-) http://isoc.org/wp/worldipv6day/

Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-09 Thread Jack Bates
On 2/9/2011 12:30 PM, Tony Hain wrote: You don't have to disable IPv6 on the servers, just don't put a in dns. The simplest way to move forward is to get the entire path in place without the key to knowing is there, then for a few test subjects either provide a different dns response, or d

Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-09 Thread William F. Maton Sotomayor
On Wed, 9 Feb 2011, Mike Lyon wrote: With the recent allocation of the last existing IPv4 /8s (which now kind of puts pressure on going v6), it would be wonderful if at the next couple of NANOGs if there could be an IPv6 for dummies session or two :) I think these could be pretty valuable in t

Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-09 Thread Franck Martin
ary, 2011 7:30:55 AM Subject: Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective With the recent allocation of the last existing IPv4 /8s (which now kind of puts pressure on going v6), it would be wonderful if at the next couple of NANOGs if there could be an IPv6 for dummies session or two :) -Mike On Wed, Feb 9, 20

Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-09 Thread William Herrin
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Franck Martin wrote: > From: "William Herrin" >> The thing that terrifies me about deploying IPv6 is that apps >> compatible with both are programmed to attempt IPv6 before IPv4. >> [...] is going to break again. And again. And again. > > This is dual stack, my rec

Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-09 Thread Mike Lyon
With the recent allocation of the last existing IPv4 /8s (which now kind of puts pressure on going v6), it would be wonderful if at the next couple of NANOGs if there could be an IPv6 for dummies session or two :) -Mike On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Jack Bates wrote: > On 2/9/2011 12:03 PM,

RE: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-09 Thread Tony Hain
you have, how to do > ping, debug, packet capture,... > > For the firewall, shorewall does IPv4 and IPv6, with a relatively > simple interface and is free... > > - Original Message - > From: "William Herrin" > To: "Robert Lusby" > Cc: nanog@nanog

Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-09 Thread Jack Bates
On 2/9/2011 12:03 PM, William Herrin wrote: The thing that terrifies me about deploying IPv6 is that apps compatible with both are programmed to attempt IPv6 before IPv4. This means my first not-quite-correct IPv6 deployments are going to break my apps that are used to not having and therefore no

Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-09 Thread Franck Martin
- From: "William Herrin" To: "Robert Lusby" Cc: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Thursday, 10 February, 2011 7:03:01 AM Subject: Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 6:00 AM, Robert Lusby wrote: > I also get why we need IPv6, that it means removing the NAT (which, s

Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-09 Thread William Herrin
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 6:00 AM, Robert Lusby wrote: > I also get why we need IPv6, that it means removing the NAT (which, surprise > surprise also runs our Firewall), and I that I might need new kit for it. > > I am however *terrified* of making that move. There is so many new phrases, > words, th

Re: IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-09 Thread Owen DeLong
On Feb 9, 2011, at 3:00 AM, Robert Lusby wrote: > As part of my role, I'm responsible, for a small (20 - 25 machine) network > in the UK. > > When it comes to IPv6 I'm a complete noob. So ok - this is how I stand for > IPv6: > > I "get" IPv4, I get NAT, I get why it's needed, and I get why it's

IPv6 - a noobs prespective

2011-02-09 Thread Robert Lusby
As part of my role, I'm responsible, for a small (20 - 25 machine) network in the UK. When it comes to IPv6 I'm a complete noob. So ok - this is how I stand for IPv6: I "get" IPv4, I get NAT, I get why it's needed, and I get why it's evil. I know my IPv4 network inside and out, how DHCP runs and