Épisodes

  • IPB183: Measuring IPv6 and IPv6 Statistics

    IPB183: Measuring IPv6 and IPv6 Statistics
    Sep 17 2025
    Today we talk about measuring IPv6 and IPv6 statistics. We talk about why it’s useful to measure IPv6, how to track v6 deployment initiatives, and tools to help with your measurements. Episode Links: Google IPv6 – Google IPv6 Global Statistics Dashboard IPv6 Enabled – Hexabuild Episode Transcript: This episode was transcribed by AI and lightly... Read more »
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    27 min
  • IPB182: IPv6 Transition Technology Options

    IPB182: IPv6 Transition Technology Options
    Aug 28 2025
    Transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6, or at least IPv6-mostly, is no easy task. Today’s show provides some education and advice about IPv6 transition mechanisms. We cover options such as NAT64, DNS64, PREF64, and more, as well as use cases. Also, if your technology vendors aren’t offering some of these mechanisms, ask for them – you’re... Read more »
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    28 min
  • IPB181: Answering Your IPv6 Questions

    IPB181: Answering Your IPv6 Questions
    Aug 14 2025
    You’ve sent in questions and on today’s IPv6 Buzz episode Ed, Nick, and Tom answer them. Questions include using DHCPv6 versus SLAAC in a home network, IPv6 and email services, a NAT66 recap, and more. Stay tuned for full episodes coming up that cover Path MTU discovery and IPv6 and containers. Episode Links: Google IPv6... Read more »
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    26 min
  • IPB180: IPv6 Basics – Deployment

    IPB180: IPv6 Basics – Deployment
    Jul 31 2025
    We’re continuing our IPv6 Basics series discussing on this episode deployment. We’ll help you sort out why you should deploy IPv6, things to consider before starting a deployment, and what approach you should take such as “inside out” vs. “outside in” and when you should deploy IPv6. Lastly we explain why you should seek out... Read more »
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    32 min
  • IPB179: IPv6 DNS Gotchas

    IPB179: IPv6 DNS Gotchas
    Jul 17 2025
    Let’s talk about common misconceptions regarding DNS and IPv6. We’ve heard these often enough that we felt we should talk through each one. We cover issues including what kind of DNS record types can be returned via IPv6 (and IPv4, too), more details on what really goes on with Happy Eyeballs, and combining A/AAAA records... Read more »
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    24 min
  • IPB178: Remembering Fred Baker

    IPB178: Remembering Fred Baker
    Jun 26 2025
    Today’s show is in memory of Fred Baker, who passed away on June 18, 2025. Fred was a pivotal figure in the IPv6 community. He was the long-time chair of the v6ops working group, and had a distinguished career at Cisco as a Technical Fellow. To honor Fred and his contributions, we’re sharing our interview... Read more »
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    28 min
  • IPB177: Introducing the IPv6 Compatibility Checker

    IPB177: Introducing the IPv6 Compatibility Checker
    Jun 12 2025
    The Hexabuild team is providing a new community resource, an IPv6 compatibility checker, for those trying to figure out IPv6 network hardware and software compatibility. It’s currently in an alpha version. We talk about what inspired it, what it does, and possible future updates. We also want to get your feedback on whether this is... Read more »
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    15 min
  • IPB176: How to Number Point-to-Point Links

    IPB176: How to Number Point-to-Point Links
    May 29 2025
    Let’s chat about point-to-point links. On today’s episode we cover what should and shouldn’t be done, and discuss why following RFC’s doesn’t always get you to the right place. We dig into questions including: Don’t we just use link-local addresses for point-to-points? Shouldn’t we assign a /127, just like we do a /31 in IPv4?... Read more »
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    28 min