IPv6 Buzz 116: Hey Vendors! What About IPv6-Only?

In today’s IPv6 Buzz episode, Ed, Scott, and Tom talk about the good, bad, and ugly of vendor support for IPv6-only. While some vendors support dual-stack deployments, things get a little more precarious when you want to turn off IPv4 entirely. Some vendors might have great IPv6 support in the data plane, but what about the management and control planes? Topics discussed include: * What’s driving demand for IPv6-only features and how are vendors responding * What vendors do right with IPv6-only and where improvements are needed * What OS and networking features are needed to improve IPv6-only deployments * Where are all the IPv6-only reference architectures? Thanks for listening! Sponsor: Internet Society Getting Internet access from low-earth-orbit satellites has great promise for addressing the digital divide, supporting disaster response, and creating new opportunities for communication. If you’re curious how about these systems work as well as the technological, and policy implications download the free whitepaper “Perspectives on Low Earth Orbit Satellite Systems for Internet access” by the Internet Society. Just go internetsociety.org/packetpushers. Your Hosts: * Tom Coffeen @ipv6tom * Scott Hogg @scotthogg * Ed Horley @ehorley