IPv6 Buzz 137: Running IPv6 At An Internet Exchange

Thanks to Ed, Scott & Tom for having me on the IPv6 Buzz Podcast to discuss IPv6 on Ohio IX, USNUA and more! It was a great conversation, props to these guys and the Packet Pushers network for all the good work they do! If you aren't a subscriber to their network of podcasts, you should be.

What we covered

How IPv4 and IPv6 traffic compare across the exchange and how that mix has changed over time. What the IPv6 configuration looks like on the fabric and the route servers, and how dual-stack peering is set up for members. The tools we reach for to troubleshoot and monitor v6 at the IX, with IXP Manager doing most of the heavy lifting and PeeringDB as the source of truth for who peers where. And, because the hosts asked, the US Networking User Association and why getting engineers in a room matters for this kind of work too.

The show notes also link the famous Hurricane Electric and Cogent IPv6 peering cake, which is the closest thing the peering community has to a running joke, and which came up because the IPv6 internet is still not fully connected if two of its biggest backbones will not talk to each other.

IPv6 Buzz 137: Running IPv6 At An Internet Exchange - Packet Pushers

On today’s IPv6 Buzz, we talk with Jason Gintert of the Ohio Internet Exchange about what’s involved with running an IX and where IPv6 fits in to the picture. We also discuss Jason’s work with the US Networking User Association, a group that brings together network engineers to share knowledge and l…

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