On Jun 8, 2011, at 7:18 AM, r...@u13.net wrote: > On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 09:51:21 -0400, Nick Olsen wrote: > >> I'm sure someone here is doing IPv6 peering with cogent. We've got a Gig >> >> with them, So they don't do that dual peering thing with us. (They do it >> on >> another 100Mb/s circuit we have... I despise it.) >> Just kind of curious how they go about it. >> Do they issue you a small IPv6 block for your interface, just like they >> do >> for IPv4? Is it a separate session? Any things to be aware of before >> pulling the trigger on it? (Other then them not having connectivity to >> HE's >> IPv6 side of things, Wish they would fix that already...) >> >> Nick Olsen >> Network Operations (855) FLSPEED x106 > > We have separate v4 and v6 sessions with them on the same dual-stack > interface (a v4 /29 and v6 /112 on the interface). One session is between > our v4 address and theirs, and carries v4 prefixes only. Then another > session between v6 addresses that carries v6 prefixes only.
That's really the best way to do dual stack peering anyway. Keeps things much cleaner. Owen
