IPv6 Buzz
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IPv6 Buzz is for network engineers and infrastructure pros adopting IPv6 or who want to learn more about the protocol. Hosts Ed Horley, Tom Coffeen, and Nick Buraglio demystify IPv6’s intricacies and deliver practical insights in a conversational style that explain the how and why of implementation. They’ve literally written the books about IPv6 and routinely consult on public, private, and federal deployments. IPv6 Buzz is an essential podcast for building your knowledge, confidence, and expertise in working in this increasingly important domain.
Episodes
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Jul 1, 2021 • 42min
IPv6 Buzz 079: IPv6 In The Data Center
In this week's IPv6 Buzz podcast, we explore IPv6 in the data center with guest Jeff Tantsura. Jeff is formerly head of Network Strategy with Juniper/Apstra, and now with Microsoft Azure. We explore IPv6 use cases in the data center, reasons for and challenges of assigning a /64 per host, leveraging IPv6 flow labels to improve data center fabric performance, and more.
Jun 17, 2021 • 32min
IPv6 Buzz 078: IPv6 For Small And Medium-Sized Businesses
IPv6 isn't just for large enterprises. In today's IPv6 Buzz episode Ed, Scott, and Tom makes the case for small and medium-sized businesses embracing the protocol, and what they should consider for deployment and management.
Jun 3, 2021 • 41min
IPv6 Buzz 077: Revisiting World IPv6 Launch With Tim Martin
In this week's IPv6 Buzz podcast, Ed, Scott, and Tom discuss the 9th anniversary of World IPv6 Launch (and the 10th anniversary of World IPv6 Day) with Cisco alumnus and IPv6 expert (and IPv6 Buzz's first guest!) Tim Martin.
May 20, 2021 • 27min
IPv6 Buzz 076: Even More Listener Questions!
Where does IPv6 fit in to the Zero Trust model of network security? What are the considerations when deploying IPv6 on a global network with lots of firewalls? Are there caveats to using IPv6 Global Unicast Addresses (GUAs)? Today's IPv6 Buzz podcast answers these and other listener questions.
May 6, 2021 • 42min
IPv6 Buzz 075: Why Wells Fargo Bought Into IPv6
In this week's IPv6 Buzz episode, Ed, Scott, and Tom chat with John Burns, a lead architect at Wells Fargo, about the relatively early adoption of IPv6 at the company. The discussion also covers adoption trends in the financial sector as a whole, along with the key challenges and opportunities of the protocol.
Apr 22, 2021 • 48min
IPv6 Buzz 074: IPv6 And Public VPN Services
In this week's IPv6 Buzz episode, Ed, Scott, and Tom discuss the state of public VPN services and IPv6 with Tomislav Čohar, principal architect at, and cofounder of, the hide.me VPN service.
Apr 8, 2021 • 57min
IPv6 Buzz 073: Exploring Microsoft’s IPv6 History
This week's IPv6 Buzz episode features Justine Vick, network architect and engineer and Microsoft veteran whose IPv6 work dates back to the earliest inclusion of the protocol in Windows.We talk about why Microsoft supported and deployed IPv6 early, support challenges in-house and externally, how IPv6 affects software development, and more.
Mar 25, 2021 • 46min
IPv6 Buzz 072: NIST And Testing IPv6 Interoperability
Today's IPv6 Buzz guest, Doug Montgomery, is manager of Internet and scalable systems research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which has been critical in helping standardize IPv6 interoperability standards and testing.
Mar 11, 2021 • 32min
IPv6 Buzz 071: IPv6 And SD-WAN
In this week's IPv6 Buzz episode Ed, Scott, and Tom discuss how IPv6 fits into the SD-WAN picture and some of the considerations of deploying IPv6 with this networking technology.
Mar 1, 2021 • 32min
IPv6 Buzz 070: Building An IPv6 Lab, Revisited
In this week's IPv6 Buzz episode, Ed, Scott, and Tom follow up on episode 44 and talk more about what it takes to build an IPv6 lab—both dual-stack and IPv6-only—as well as with physical hardware and in the cloud).
