[6bone] Corporation wishing to get connected to the new v6 Internet

[Matt.Carpenter@alticor.com]

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Thank you all for this education.

I think I'm getting the picture to come in a little clearer now.  So v6 is 
running over the same physical network as v4.  I knew this was possible 
but wasn't sure how it was implemented.  The 6bone, although sounding like 
"backbone" is really the v6 version of the ARPA-net 10.x.x.x address-space 
which is no longer in public use.  The 6bone address-space is made up of 
some large and many small "pockets", which are currently interconnected 
largely through 6to4 tunnels through the v4-Internet.  The 6bone is NOT, 
to clear one of my myths, a "v6 Internet" which is all v6 throughout the 
world, with all of its own links and interconnections (ie. it's not like 
another Internet2 which has separate layers 1 and 2, but only lives at 
layer 3+).

There is also new address-space available (specifically in the 2001:: 
network as offered by he.net), which operates very much like the "6bone 
network", but is simply different addressing.  Routing between 6bone 
(3ffe::/16) and this new address-space works as if they were not different 
at all.  The only difference is that the 6bone address space will be 
phased out over the next several years, a clerical difference.

How's that sound to everyone?

Now how do we obtain AS numbers for the new v6 Internet?

Thanks again!
Matt


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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Thank you all for this education.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I think I'm getting the picture to come in a little clearer now. &nbsp;So v6 is running over the same physical network as v4. &nbsp;I knew this was possible but wasn't sure how it was implemented. &nbsp;The 6bone, although sounding like &quot;backbone&quot; is really the v6 version of the ARPA-net 10.x.x.x address-space which is no longer in public use. &nbsp;The 6bone address-space is made up of some large and many small &quot;pockets&quot;, which are currently interconnected largely through 6to4 tunnels through the v4-Internet. &nbsp;The 6bone is NOT, to clear one of my myths, a &quot;v6 Internet&quot; which is all v6 throughout the world, with all of its own links and interconnections (ie. it's not like another Internet2 which has separate layers 1 and 2, but only lives at layer 3+).</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">There is also new address-space available (specifically in the 2001:: network as offered by he.net), which operates very much like the &quot;6bone network&quot;, but is simply different addressing. &nbsp;Routing between 6bone (3ffe::/16) and this new address-space works as if they were not different at all. &nbsp;The only difference is that the 6bone address space will be phased out over the next several years, a clerical difference.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">How's that sound to everyone?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Now how do we obtain AS numbers for the new v6 Internet?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Thanks again!</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Matt</font>
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