From: Koen Peetermans (K.Peetermans@chello.be)
Date: Sun Oct 10 2004 - 07:44:11 GMT-3
One thing to I found very useful in learning ipv6 is actually connecting to
the ipv6 internet using a (usually free) tunnel broker service.
You'll need a (semi-)static ip address on your internet connection.
I've had good results with the BT exact tunnel broker service, but guess
there are lower-latency services in the US since this one is based in the
UK.
https://tb.ipv6.btexact.com
You can even get /48 subnets from most of them, now I don't think I need
that many ip addresses ;-) But it's following RFC rules of assigning IPv6
addresses.
And, I agree, IPv6 is not that bad. At first glance, I didn't see the need
for 128 Bit addresses, 64 Bit would have been nicer and sufficient.
But at least we don't need to think anymore about what subnet size we're
going to use for our network segment....
Ipv6 allocations waste a lot of possible addresses, but can afford to
because it is 128 Bit.........
Kind regards,
Koen.
P.S. Those that are prepared for IPv6 now will have an edge on those that
aren't in the future. Is that motivation enough ?
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Scott Morris
Sent: zondag 10 oktober 2004 4:40
To: 'Church, Chuck'; 'Elliott Reyes'; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: IPV6
Well said. It's not that bad.
It's scary to see those ugly addresses, and there's a few new concepts to
learn. But all in all, it should be a relatively minor step integrating in
with existing technologies that you already know about!
For the extent of the CCIE lab (it's ok Howard, no bold statements here!)
the implications of having IPv6 should be minor. It's not a core topic. So
don't sweat the simple stuff!
I'd still spend time and play with it at least once and integrate it so that
you can SEE what it does. But it's not that bad.
(and yes, I still think it's entirely evil and unnecessary, but that's
besides the point!)
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Church, Chuck
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 6:46 PM
To: Elliott Reyes; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: IPV6
Hands on playing around with it should help a bunch. I had to give a live
demo for co-workers last week on it, and hadn't played with it at all. But
really after about 6 hours of learning the syntax, it didn't seem too bad.
I didn't get into QOS or complex redistribution, but learning the ACLs and
routing protocol syntax seemed pretty easy. There are still many things you
can't do in v6 on Cisco that you can with v4, but those missing features are
sneaking into 12.3T versions frequently.
The tunneling and NAT-PT are a little more involved, but it's not that bad.
The time you save by not learning VoIP should go a long way towards knowing
V6.
Chuck Church
Lead Design Engineer
CCIE #8776, MCNE, MCSE
Netco Government Services - Design & Implementation Team 1210 N. Parker Rd.
Greenville, SC 29609
Home office: 864-335-9473
Cell: 703-819-3495
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Elliott Reyes
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 6:11 PM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: IPV6
Any getting ready for IPV6, If so what is a good study tool other than Cisco
Press.
E
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