[87471] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter (Was: Awful quiet?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Loch)
Wed Dec 21 11:12:47 2005
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:13:31 -0500
From: Kevin Loch <kloch@hotnic.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <0631BE75-63DC-4C24-A76F-A939E10222A1@dragondata.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Kevin Day wrote:
> 9) Once we started publishing AAAA records for a few sites, we started
> getting complaints from some users that they couldn't reach the sites.
It is possible that a broken 6to4 relay somewhere was causing problems.
Running your own local 6to4 relay (rfc3068) will improve performance and
reduce the chances of going through a broken one.
FWIW, I have been running some AAAA records for almost a year on some
revenue generating sites without any reachability complaints or
drop in traffic. I do run a local 6to4 relay though.
> I know
> this is still a hot topic and several proposals are being passed around
> to resolve some of these issues, but it seems like I *lose*
> functionality with IPv6 that I have with IPv4, mostly due to the "don't
> deaggregate your allocation" mantra, and how far the bar was raised to
> get PI space.
It sounds like you are an existing ISP in the ARIN reigon. If so then
you qualify for a /32 allocation. Let us know if you have any problems
getting one. For non-ISP's, the policy is still being worked out. See
the ARIN ppml list for discussion. As for deaggregation, it is not
recommended because some filter (/48's) and some don't which results
in sub-optimal paths, but it can be done depending on what your
peers will accept.
- Kevin
