Hi Joe, Thank you for taking time to answer my questions. I'm glad I wrote to this mailing list. Thanks to those who answered my email I was able to learn that I only need one block of addresses. It can be either from our gigapop (Internet2) or from our commodity Internet (Internet 1). Now I have to determine which allocation is better ...or, it might not make a difference.
Even though we already have an address space allocated, we have not started using that space. So before we do that I want to make sure it's the best option. If getting allocation from the gigapop is not the best, then I have to determine if we meet the criteria to get allocation directly from ARIN (as you mentioned) or if we get allocation from our commodity Internet provider. Either way we can still connect to the 6bone right? to experiment with IPv6 traffic. Thanks, Joe. - Ivette >>> Joe St Sauver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/26/02 04:07PM >>> Hi Ivette, >We already got address allocation from our I2 gigapop. The Internet2 connection *should* provide global connectivity for you, since IPv6 traffic is not subject to the same acceptable use limitations as v4 traffic however ex-Internet2 connectivity currently takes place via only a single peering point at the 6tap in Chicago, which can make for some circuitous traffic paths if you're going from the East Coast back to an East Coast non-I2 destination (via Chicago) or if you're going from the East Coast out to a European v6 site (connecting in NY, say) via Chicago. >Do we also need to get allocations from ARIN for our I1 connection? Does your I1/commodity transit provider offer native IPv6, or were planning on connecting via a tunnelled 6bone connection? Typically you'd get a v6 block from your v6-enabled commodity transit provider, rather than from ARIN directly, unless you meet the criteria described at http://www.arin.net/library/guidelines/ipv6_initial.html Regards, Joe P.S. If you're interested, by the way, we'd be glad to exchange a Usenet News feed with you over IPv6 over Abilene, if you'd like some baseload IPv6 traffic to play with... you can try ping6'ing hammer.ipv6.uoregon.edu for an idea of what the path would look like. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The IPv6 Users Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe users" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
