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IPB179: IPv6 DNS Gotchas Jul 17, 2025

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Let’s talk about common misconceptions regarding DNS and IPv6. We’ve heard these often enough that we felt we should talk through each one. We cover issues including what kind of DNS record types can be returned via IPv6 (and IPv4, too), more details on what really goes on with Happy Eyeballs, and combining A/AAAA records... Read more »

IPB178: Remembering Fred Baker Jun 26, 2025

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Today’s show is in memory of Fred Baker, who passed away on June 18, 2025. Fred was a pivotal figure in the IPv6 community. He was the long-time chair of the v6ops working group, and had a distinguished career at Cisco as a Technical Fellow. To honor Fred and his contributions, we’re sharing our interview... Read more »

IPB177: Introducing the IPv6 Compatibility Checker Jun 12, 2025

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The Hexabuild team is providing a new community resource, an IPv6 compatibility checker, for those trying to figure out IPv6 network hardware and software compatibility. It’s currently in an alpha version. We talk about what inspired it, what it does, and possible future updates. We also want to get your feedback on whether this is... Read more »

IPB176: How to Number Point-to-Point Links May 29, 2025

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Let’s chat about point-to-point links. On today’s episode we cover what should and shouldn’t be done, and discuss why following RFC’s doesn’t always get you to the right place. We dig into questions including: Don’t we just use link-local addresses for point-to-points? Shouldn’t we assign a /127, just like we do a /31 in IPv4?... Read more »

IPB175: IPv6 Basics – Link-Local Addresses May 15, 2025

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Our IPv6 Basics series continues with link-local addresses. Link-local addresses are unicast addresses used for addressing on a single link. The intent of link-local addresses is to let devices that may not have a router or global unicast address allocation mechanism still be able to communicate on a network segment. On today’s show we dig... Read more »

IPB174: How Enterprise IPv6 Requirements Are Shaping Microsoft Windows May 01, 2025

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Today we talk with Tommy Jensen, a Senior Technical PM Strategist at Microsoft, about IPv6 support in Windows. Tommy shares what he hears from enterprises that are moving toward IPv6-mostly, strategies for dealing with older applications and devices that expect IPv4, and how the customer conversations he’s having about IPv6 now are more engaged and... Read more »

IPB173: The IPv6 Test Pod Project Apr 18, 2025

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What if there was an simple way to test software and services to see if they work in a variety of IPv6 environments, including v6-only, dual-stack, and others? That’s the goal of the IPv6 Test Pod Project. This project provides a device, at no cost to the applicant, that comes with a variety of v6... Read more »

IPB172: IPv6 SMB – Does it Work? Plus Other Listener Questions! Apr 03, 2025

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On today’s episode we’re doing some follow up on listener comments and questions that have come in via the Follow Up on packetpushers.net. We cover questions regarding IPv6 for small businesses, then go even smaller and answer a question about IPv6 for home networks. Lastly, we have a quick discussion about Path MTU discovery with... Read more »

IPB171: IPv6 Basics – Routing Mar 20, 2025

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Our ongoing IPv6 Basics series continues with an episode on v6 routing essentials. We start with a comparison of various routing protocols: RIP, OSPF, IS-IS, EGP, and BGP. We look at pros and cons of each, and discuss challenges such as dual stack IPv4 and IPv6 network implementation, memory and resource use with IPv6, and... Read more »

IPB170: RFC 7050 vs RFC 8781 for IPv6 Prefix Discovery Mar 06, 2025

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In this episode of the IPv6 Buzz, we dive into two RFCs for discovering IPv6 prefixes: 7050 and 8781. Why these two? First, 8781 is being proposed as preferential to 7050. Second, co-host Nick Buraglio is an author on 8781 and has insights to share. We start with some background on RFC 7050, including the... Read more »

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