IPv6 Buzz
153 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIPv6 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 Scott Hogg 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.
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Episodes
IPv6 Buzz 103: Celebrating The 10th Anniversary Of World IPv6 Launch
June 17, 2022 14:46 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MBIn today's IPv6 Buzz podcast episode, Ed, Scott, and Tom chat about the recent 10th anniversary of World IPv6 Launch, the global event that kickstarted IPv6 adoption back in 2012.
IPv6 Buzz 102: The Problem With IPv4 Thinking
June 02, 2022 14:08 - 37 minutes - 33.7 MBIn this episode of IPv6 Buzz Ed, Scott, and Tom discuss "IPv4 thinking", what exactly it is, how it can be harmful to your IPv6 migration efforts, and—most importantly—how to avoid it.
IPv6 Buzz 101: Innovating With IPv6
May 19, 2022 15:32 - 25 minutes - 24.6 MBIn this episode of IPv6 Buzz, Ed, Scott, and Tom talk about innovation using IPv6. The limitless supply of addresses creates new opportunities for network engineers and application developers, including flat networks with many more nodes, robust segmentation options, supporting overlays, and more.
IPv6 Buzz 100: Celebrating 100 Episodes Of IPv6 Buzz!
May 05, 2022 22:42 - 48 minutes - 67.8 MBIn this episode of IPv6 Buzz Ed, Scott, and Tom celebrate 100 episodes of this podcast with two special guests: the Packet Pushers' very own Ethan Banks and Greg Ferro.
IPv6 Buzz 099: Why You Need An IPv6 Proof Of Concept Lab
April 21, 2022 13:56 - 38 minutes - 36.5 MBIn this episode of IPv6 Buzz we talk about what a Proof of Concept (PoC) lab is and why you probably need one as part of your IPv6 initiative. We discuss technical challenges and considerations, how much of your production network you need to model, learning opportunities that come with a lab, and more.
IPv6 Buzz 098: Troubleshooting IPv6
April 07, 2022 11:12 - 33 minutes - 48.4 MBIn this episode of IPv6 Buzz Ed, Scott, and Tom talk about some of the challenges and best-practices when troubleshooting IPv6, including tools that work for IPv4 and v6, online test sites, and more.
IPv6 Buzz 097: Selling An IPv6 Project To Your Organization
March 24, 2022 14:28 - 30 minutes - 43.5 MBToday's IPv6 Buzz discusses how to sell IPv6 as a project. That is, doing the advocacy work in your organization to drive IPv6 adoption. We examine the business and technical arguments you can make, including tying IPv6 to initiatives around cloud, containers, and zero trust.
IPv6 Buzz 096: Greenfield Vs. Brownfield IPv6-Only Deployments
March 10, 2022 15:39 - 31 minutes - 30.5 MBToday's IPv6 Buzz discusses different strategies for going IPv6-only in both greenfield and brownfield environments.
IPv6 Buzz 095: Enterprise IPv6 Is Here – Time To Pivot Your Career?
February 24, 2022 15:57 - 35 minutes - 50.8 MBIn the latest episode of IPv6 Buzz we talk to network architect Ben Bittfield about his experience moving to a large enterprise after a decade of IPv6 design and deployment work at Sprint/T-Mobile, and how learning IPv6 can impact your enterprise career. The post IPv6 Buzz 095: Enterprise IPv6 Is Here – Time To Pivot Your Career? appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 094: Measuring IPv6 Growth
February 10, 2022 16:45 - 37 minutes - 52.5 MBIPv6 adoption is growing worldwide. On today's IPv6 Buzz podcast, we discuss which countries are leading the way, what IPv6 adoption looks like among enterprises and service providers, and what it means for network engineers and architects. The post IPv6 Buzz 094: Measuring IPv6 Growth appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 093: Dissecting DHCPv6
January 27, 2022 15:24 - 29 minutes - 28 MBIn this latest episode of IPv6 Buzz, Ed, Scott, and Tom do their first episode-long dive into DHCPv6, how it works, how it differs from IPv4 DHCP, and some aspects of dealing with its deployment. The post IPv6 Buzz 093: Dissecting DHCPv6 appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 092: Listener Questions – NAT66, Stable IPv6 Prefix Delegation And More!
January 13, 2022 15:56 - 28 minutes - 40.5 MBIn the latest episode of IPv6 Buzz, we tackle the first listener questions of the year (well, really left over from the end of 2021 but still good ones!). Those questions cover topics including Unique Local Addressing (ULA) and SD-WAN, NAT66, IPv6 prefix delegation, and more. The post IPv6 Buzz 092: Listener Questions – NAT66, Stable IPv6 Prefix Delegation And More! appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 91: Thanks For Listening To IPv6 Buzz In 2021!
December 16, 2021 14:40 - 15 minutes - 23.4 MBIn this episode we discuss presentations at the recent UK IPv6 Council meeting. More importantly, we say thanks to you, our listeners, for keeping IPv6 Buzz in your IT podcast playlist this tumultuous year---as well as for all the great listener questions and feedback. We'll see you again in 0x7e6 (2022, that is) for even more adventures in the 128-bit IPv6 wormhole! The post IPv6 Buzz 91: Thanks For Listening To IPv6 Buzz In 2021! appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 90: IPv6 Unique Local Addresses (ULAs) And You
December 02, 2021 15:49 - 42 minutes - 41.9 MBIn this episode Ed, Scott, and Tom chat about Unique Local Addresses (ULAs), what they are, how they are used, when (or if) you should use them in your networks. The post IPv6 Buzz 90: IPv6 Unique Local Addresses (ULAs) And You appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 089: An IPv6 Deployathon With AFRINIC
November 18, 2021 18:10 - 41 minutes - 38.8 MBIn this IPv6 Buzz episode, Tom and Ed chat with Mukom Tamon, AFRINIC's head of capacity building, about IPv6 Deployathon events and how Mukom and AFRINIC are helping move IPv6 deployment forward in Africa and beyond. The post IPv6 Buzz 089: An IPv6 Deployathon With AFRINIC appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 088: Host OS IPv6 Addresses – What’s Up With That?
November 04, 2021 14:56 - 39 minutes - 54.9 MBIn this episode of IPv6 Buzz we chat about IPv6 addresses on host OSes: the different types, how they are formed, what they look like, how to tell them apart, and how they are used. The post IPv6 Buzz 088: Host OS IPv6 Addresses – What’s Up With That? appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 087: How Merit Network Used Carrots Over Sticks To Drive IPv6 Adoption
October 21, 2021 15:54 - 50 minutes - 70.7 MBMerit Network is a non-profit ISP that provides network and security services for universities, K-12 schools, libraries, and other educational communities in Michigan. On today's IPv6 Buzz we speak with Lola Killey, Infrastructure and Research Support Analyst, about how Merit encouraged IPv6 adoption and what other institutions can learn from that effort. The post IPv6 Buzz 087: How Merit Network Used Carrots Over Sticks To Drive IPv6 Adoption appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 086: E-Commerce And Holiday Shopping With IPv6!
October 08, 2021 13:00 - 3 BytesAs the holiday shopping season fast approaches, the IPv6 Buzz crew dive into IPv6 in relation to e-commerce. The post IPv6 Buzz 086: E-Commerce And Holiday Shopping With IPv6! appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 085: Is Your Network Ready For IPv6?
September 24, 2021 02:51 - 39 minutes - 37.6 MBIn this episode of IPv6 Buzz, we discuss IPv6 network readiness assessments, what they should include, and some helpful ideas for where to start. The post IPv6 Buzz 085: Is Your Network Ready For IPv6? appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 084: Wi-Fi 6E Adoption And IPv6
September 09, 2021 19:32 - 49 minutes - 47.7 MBIn this episode of IPv6 Buzz, we compare IPv6 adoption to Wi-Fi 6E adoption (and talk about IPv6 Wi-Fi at large) with guest Tom Hollingsworth of Gestalt IT and Tech Field Day. The post IPv6 Buzz 084: Wi-Fi 6E Adoption And IPv6 appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 083: The IPv6 Interface Identifier
August 26, 2021 17:00 - 31 minutes - 44.8 MBIn this IPv6 Buzz podcast episode we geek out about the IPv6 Interface Identifier (IID, i.e., the lower 64 bits of an IPv6 address reserved for interface identification). We discuss why IID is 64 bits, typical configurations, and innovative uses for it. The post IPv6 Buzz 083: The IPv6 Interface Identifier appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 082: All About Allocations
August 12, 2021 14:29 - 40 minutes - 37.8 MBIn today's IPv6 Buzz podcast we discuss IPv6 allocations, which are critical to successful IPv6 adoption. Topics include allocation sizing, address planning, and differences among Regional Internet Registries (RIRs), service providers, and government agencies. The post IPv6 Buzz 082: All About Allocations appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 081: App Development And IPv6
July 30, 2021 15:02 - 52 minutes - 73.4 MBIn today's IPv6 Buzz podcast, hosts Ed and Tom speak with Richard Campbell all about app development and IPv6, including challenges developers face with the protocol, IPv6 adoption among developers, and more. Richard is a Microsoft veteran, DevOps manager, and host of the tech podcasts RunAs Radio and .NET Rocks. The post IPv6 Buzz 081: App Development And IPv6 appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 080: Working With IPv6 In The Management Plane
July 15, 2021 15:51 - 57 minutes - 53.7 MBOn today's IPv6 Buzz, Ed and Scott talk about IPv6 in the management plane with network engineers Nick Buraglio and Chris Cummings, including management challenges, dual-stack vs. IPv6 only, IPv6 prefix space for lab deployments, and more. The post IPv6 Buzz 080: Working With IPv6 In The Management Plane appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 079: IPv6 In The Data Center
July 01, 2021 15:40 - 41 minutes - 39.2 MBIn 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. The post IPv6 Buzz 079: IPv6 In The Data Center appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 078: IPv6 For Small And Medium-Sized Businesses
June 17, 2021 15:24 - 32 minutes - 30.9 MBIPv6 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. The post IPv6 Buzz 078: IPv6 For Small And Medium-Sized Businesses appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 077: Revisiting World IPv6 Launch With Tim Martin
June 03, 2021 23:44 - 40 minutes - 57.1 MBIn 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. The post IPv6 Buzz 077: Revisiting World IPv6 Launch With Tim Martin appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 076: Even More Listener Questions!
May 20, 2021 13:43 - 26 minutes - 25 MBWhere 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. The post IPv6 Buzz 076: Even More Listener Questions! appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 075: Why Wells Fargo Bought Into IPv6
May 06, 2021 16:57 - 42 minutes - 41.1 MBIn 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. The post IPv6 Buzz 075: Why Wells Fargo Bought Into IPv6 appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 074: IPv6 And Public VPN Services
April 22, 2021 14:27 - 48 minutes - 46.1 MBIn 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. The post IPv6 Buzz 074: IPv6 And Public VPN Services appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 073: Exploring Microsoft’s IPv6 History
April 08, 2021 14:33 - 56 minutes - 80.2 MBThis 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. The post IPv6 Buzz 073: Exploring Microsoft’s IPv6 History appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 072: NIST And Testing IPv6 Interoperability
March 25, 2021 14:58 - 46 minutes - 44.3 MBToday'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. The post IPv6 Buzz 072: NIST And Testing IPv6 Interoperability appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 071: IPv6 And SD-WAN
March 11, 2021 21:41 - 32 minutes - 31.2 MBIn 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. The post IPv6 Buzz 071: IPv6 And SD-WAN appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 070: Building An IPv6 Lab, Revisited
March 01, 2021 14:50 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MBIn 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). The post IPv6 Buzz 070: Building An IPv6 Lab, Revisited appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 069: IPv6 And LACNIC In Latin America
February 11, 2021 23:15 - 36 minutes - 34.1 MBLatin America boasts impressive growth in IPv6 adoption. In today's podcast we speak with Alejandro Acosta, Innovation and Development Engineer at Latin America's Regional Internet Registry, LACNIC, to find out how the region is achieving its deployments. The post IPv6 Buzz 069: IPv6 And LACNIC In Latin America appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 068: Addressing The New Federal IPv6-Only Mandate
January 28, 2021 16:01 - 59 minutes - 55.7 MBIn this week's IPv6 Buzz episode Ed, Scott, and Tom talk about the likely impacts of the latest IPv6 mandate from the federal government, which directs that 80% of each fed network be IPv6-only by 2025. Our guest is Nick Buraglio. Nick is a network architect and technical analyst with the Energy Sciences Network and has decades of experience working in and on government nets. The post IPv6 Buzz 068: Addressing The New Federal IPv6-Only Mandate appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 067: IPv6 In The Cloud With Ivan PepeInjak
January 14, 2021 22:17 - 51 minutes - 72.4 MBToday's IPv6 Buzz episode examines the state of IPv6 in the public cloud, including capabilities and limitations with current v6 support in AWS and Azure, ongoing customer demand for v4, and more. Our guest is Ivan Pepelnjak. The post IPv6 Buzz 067: IPv6 In The Cloud With Ivan PepeInjak appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 066: Is IPv6 Baked Enough?
December 10, 2020 14:27 - 45 minutes - 63.4 MBToday's IPv6 Buzz podcast tackles the question of IPv6 maturity, how much change we might expect to the protocol going forward, the standards process, and more. Our guest is Russ White, Infrastructure Architect at Juniper Networks. Russ is an author, speaker, and chairs two IETF working groups. The post IPv6 Buzz 066: Is IPv6 Baked Enough? appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 065: Understanding Carrier-Grade NAT (CGN) And IPv6
November 26, 2020 16:00 - 50 minutes - 36.4 MBIn this week's IPv6 Buzz episode, Ed and Tom talk discuss the impact that service provider deployment of Carrier Grade NAT (CGN) has had on the overall adoption of IPv6. Our guests are Kevin Myers and Nick Russo. Kevin and Nick have both worked with CGN and IPv6, and Nick is designing an IPv6 training course on Pluralsight. The post IPv6 Buzz 065: Understanding Carrier-Grade NAT (CGN) And IPv6 appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 064: The Ghosts Of IPv6
November 12, 2020 21:15 - 32 minutes - 32.2 MBToday's IPv6 Buzz explores some of the RFCs and vendor technologies that didn't quite make it as IPv6 evolved. The post IPv6 Buzz 064: The Ghosts Of IPv6 appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 063: Revisiting IPv6-Only
October 29, 2020 14:46 - 33 minutes - 31.6 MBIn this week's episode Ed, Scott, and Tom revisit the topic of IPv6-only and discuss its current state in service provider networks, in the data center, and even to the desktop. The post IPv6 Buzz 063: Revisiting IPv6-Only appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 062: Reviewing DNS Flag Day 2020
October 15, 2020 18:26 - 40 minutes - 39 MBDNS Flag Day is a community effort by service providers and DNS software vendors to address DNS issues. In this week's IPv6 Buzz episode, Ed and Scott speak with guest Andrew Wertkin about the DNS flag day for 2020, which took place October 1st. They discuss what this year's DNS Flag Day addressed, plus DNS behavior that listeners should look for that might indicate they aren’t current with their DNS settings and configurations. The post IPv6 Buzz 062: Reviewing DNS Flag Day 2020 appeared f...
IPv6 Buzz 061: Weird And Wacky IPv6 Addressing
October 01, 2020 14:26 - 40 minutes - 39.6 MBIn this week's IPv6 Buzz podcast, Ed, Scott, and Tom talk about some of the weird things they've seen folks do with IPv6 addresses. IPv6 is different than IPv4 in many ways but the endless supply of IPv6 addresses yields endlessly crazy ways to use them. The post IPv6 Buzz 061: Weird And Wacky IPv6 Addressing appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 060: Why the Internet Needs IPv6 – With Special Guest Vint Cerf
September 18, 2020 02:59 - 51 minutes - 37.1 MBIn this week's episode Ed, Scott, Tom, and guest host Greg Ferro talk to Vint Cerf about why the Internet needs IPv6, and whether the Internet is in danger of fragmenting along political lines and the impacts of that fragmentation. Vint is Google's chief Internet evangelist and the co-creator, with Bob Khan, of the Internet Protocol. The post IPv6 Buzz 060: Why the Internet Needs IPv6 – With Special Guest Vint Cerf appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 059: More Listener Questions Asked And Answered
September 03, 2020 15:17 - 36 minutes - 26.3 MBThe IPv6 Buzz crew answers listener questions on today's episode, including use cases for Network Prefix Translation v6, challenges of asymmetric routing in IPv6, why Cisco supports LDPv6 on IOS-XR but not XE, and more. The post IPv6 Buzz 059: More Listener Questions Asked And Answered appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 058: Tackling IPv6 Access Challenges
August 20, 2020 20:19 - 41 minutes - 97.5 MBIn this week's episode Ed, Scott, and Tom talk to Nico Schottelius, CEO of Ungleiich Glarus, a Swiss IT services company that has developed a VPN IPv6 IoT Router Box (VIIRB), allowing cheap and secure access to the IPv6 Internet from anywhere. The post IPv6 Buzz 058: Tackling IPv6 Access Challenges appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 057: Thinking Differently With IPv6
August 06, 2020 15:35 - 35 minutes - 34.5 MBWhat do novice engineers need to know about IPv6? How can v6 help you rethink customer solutions? What will networking look like in 20 years? Today's IPv6 Buzz podcast explores these questions and more with guest Chris Grundemann, author and veteran IPv6 advocate. The post IPv6 Buzz 057: Thinking Differently With IPv6 appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 056: What’s The Deal With NAT64?
July 23, 2020 14:07 - 55 minutes - 52.6 MBIn this week's IPv6 Buzz episode, Ed and Tom speak with Sander Steffann to get his expert take on NAT64, an important IPv6 transition technology. We also delve into his critical IPv6 efforts with the European Regional Internet Registry (RIPE). The post IPv6 Buzz 056: What’s The Deal With NAT64? appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 055: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of IPv6 With Geoff Huston
July 09, 2020 18:45 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBWe discuss the challenges and opportunities of IPv6 with Geoff Huston, APNIC's chief scientist and network analyst nonpareil. Topics include how dual-stack and Happy Eyeballs have papered over v6 deficiencies, why the address space may not be as vast as advertised, and why v6 is still the future. The post IPv6 Buzz 055: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of IPv6 With Geoff Huston appeared first on Packet Pushers.
IPv6 Buzz 054: How (Not) To Mess Up Your IPv6 Deployment!
June 25, 2020 18:54 - 33 minutes - 32 MBIn this week's episode Ed, Scott, and Tom draw on their years of (sometimes painful) experience in deploying IPv6 to offer some practical guidance on how not to mess up your enterprise IPv6 deployment. The post IPv6 Buzz 054: How (Not) To Mess Up Your IPv6 Deployment! appeared first on Packet Pushers.