On Sep 21, 2012, at 9:31 AM, Mark Radabaugh wrote: > The part of IPv6 that I am unclear on and have not found much documentation > on is how to run IPv6 only to end users. Anyone care to point me in the > right direction?
This all depends on how your manage your last-mile and terminate users now. I have a friend with a local WISP here and he gives everyone a /24 out of 172.16/12 and dumps them through his load-balancer for his few connections. His "CGN" box seems to handle this fine. > Can we assign IPv6 only to end users? What software/equipment do we need in > place as a ISP to ensure these customers can reach IPv4 only hosts? I would say you want to do dual-stack, but shift the users that don't *need* public IPs into 1918 space and deliver v6 native as feasible. If you have a server lan, you can do this with SLAAC, but to get the other information to your hosts, either via RA's and otherwise, it's just becoming easier to do. PPPo* you can get IPv6 IPCP up and going, but the device has to support it. > The Interwebs are full of advice on setting up IPv6 tunnels for your house > (nice but...). There is lots of really old documentation out there for IPv6 > mechanisms that are depreciated or didn't fly. ASR1K and other devices can serve as nat64.. (I think Juniper does the same, but I don't recall their roadmap/product set). I'm sure you can do it with a Linux or *BSD box as well. > What is current best practice? I would say there is none as it largely depends on how you terminate that transport, and there are a few ways one can do that. Hope this helps, - Jared
