Archive for September, 2015

Yesterday, ARIN announced the depletion of their IPv4 address pool. They join APNIC and RIPE in no longer being able to provide IPv4 addresses by traditional means.

Allocation of IPv4 addresses in future will be strictly limited. A small number may be allocated to those who meet the criteria from a final /8 block reserved for the period of transition to IPv6. If you can justify a requirement then you will receive a single /22 which represents only 1024 addresses. The alternative is obtaining IPv4 addresses through the transfer process.

The only long term solution for Internet users is the transition to IPv6.

IPv6 provides a huge address space and many improvements over IPv4. A key improvement is that IPv6 removes the limitations placed on the IPv4 Internet by having to preserve IPv4 addresses through address sharing (CGN and NAT). This makes possible innovative applications and potential improvements in performance.

Today large parts of the current Internet are IPv6 enabled. Most of the major content providers are IPv6 enabled (over 50% of the world’s top web-sites) and users with both IPv4 and IPv6 find that the majority of their traffic is carried over IPv6 (70+%).

In addition, IPv6 provides the address space and functionality required by the Internet of Things (IoT). IPv4 has never been an option for supporting IoT.

At Erion we have been providing IPv6 training and IPv6 consultancy for over 17 years. We are well placed to help you with your IPv6 deployment. We have the world’s most comprehensive IPv6 training portfolio and we have extensive experience with migrating enterprise environments to IPv6.

In line with the other large ISPs in the UK, BT has announced the deployment of IPv6. They have set a deadline of the end of 2016 for their entire network to be IPv6 enabled.

This is fantastic news for end users in the UK.

The IPv4 Internet has been kept operating using a number of techniques to preserve IP addresses. These techniques have degraded functionality and put a limit on innovation and growth. IPv6 removes these limits and provides a higher quality of service to end users.

IPv6 provides an end-to-end service that is not impeded by Network Address Translation (NAT) or Carrier Grade NAT (CGN). As a result IPv6 can bring performance improvements and makes innovative applications possible.

IPv6 is a foundational technology for the Internet of Things (IoT) where billions and possibly trillions of addresses will be required. Today many of the leading IoT technologies are being based on an IPv6 using 6LowPAN.

Erion has been providing IPv6 training and IPv6 consultancy for over 17 years. We are well placed to help you with your IPv6 deployment. We have the world’s most comprehensive IPv6 training portfolio and we have extensive experience with migrating enterprise environments to IPv6.