IPv6 Buzz
Packet Pushers
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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Feb 9, 2023 • 25min
IPv6 Buzz 119: Operational Issues With IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
In today's IPv6 Buzz podcast we discuss IPv6 Neighbor Discovery and some of the operational issues that can happen when configuring and operating IPv6, and what can help listeners understand and resolve those issues.
Jan 26, 2023 • 41min
IPv6 Buzz 118: IPv6 Training At RIPE NCC
In today's IPv6 Buzz podcast, Ed, Scott, and Tom speak with Jad El Cham about the RIPE NCC IPv6 training program as well as RIPE NCC's role as the European and Middle Eastern Regional Internet Registry providing Internet resources including IPv6 addresses.
Jan 12, 2023 • 32min
IPv6 Buzz 117: Microsoft’s OS Evolution With IPv6
The IPv6 Buzz podcast talks with Richard Hicks about Microsoft's OS changes and use cases for IPv6. Richard is a technology consultant and author. We discuss which Microsoft solutions use IPv6, what its v6 strategy changed, and more.
Dec 15, 2022 • 28min
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.
Dec 1, 2022 • 24min
IPv6 Buzz 115: DNS And IPv6
In this episode, Ed, Scott, and Tom talk about DNS and IPv6. We cover legacy IPv6 brokeness and DNS, how DNS performs over v6, and how DNS works with v6-only networks.
Nov 17, 2022 • 29min
IPv6 Buzz 114: Another Listener Questions Episode!
Today's IPv6 Buzz episode answers listener questions about Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) and auto-addressing, privacy and IPv6, and where NAT46 fits in.
Nov 3, 2022 • 29min
IPv6 Buzz 113: We Have DAD Issues (Duplicate Address Detection)
In this episode of IPv6 Buzz, Ed, Scott, and Tom talk about our DAD issues — well, our IPv6 Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) issues anyway. DAD is a feature of IPv6 that looks for duplicate IP addresses among hosts on the same segment. We discuss how it works and operational considerations.
Oct 20, 2022 • 41min
IPv6 Buzz 112: What’s New With IPv6 At The IETF?
In this episode of IPv6 Buzz, Ed, Scott, and Tom speak with XiPeng Xiao, the new chair of the IETF v6ops working group. We discuss the lastest work in IPv6 at the IETF, whether the IETF should have a role in promoting v6 in the enterprise, and more.
Oct 6, 2022 • 28min
IPv6 Buzz 111: IPv6 And The Public Cloud
What's the state of IPv6 in the public cloud? What support is available in which of the major providers? What are the cloud challenges of v6? How does v6 affect multi-cloud architectures? The latest episode of the IPv6 Buzz podcast examines these and other v6 questions for public cloud.
Sep 22, 2022 • 24min
IPv6 Buzz 110: The Peculiar Power Of DHCPv6 Option 108
On today's IPv6 Buzz podcast we explore DHCPv6 Option 108. Option 108 basically allows a DHCP server to use IPv4 to contact a host and tell that host to disable its IPv4 stack and switch to IPv6-only. In other words, you're using IPv4 to turn off IPv4. We examine the use cases for this peculiar capability.
