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6Bone IPv6 Network Shutting Down Tomorrow

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-a-couple-of-nines dept.

theberf writes "On June 6, 2006 the experimental IPv6 network, the 6bone, will be shut down. All 3FFE:: addresses will revert to the IANA and should no longer be used. All IPv6 traffic should now be using production IPv6 addresses delegated by Regional Internet Registries. The 6Bone has been in operation for 10 years." Here's some more information about "IPv6 day."

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  1. Re:Experimenting with IPv6 by Flimzy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I feel that while we don't need IPv6 yet, waiting until we do need it would be foolish. Think of this in the same terms as the Y2K issue, which never became an issue because people took proactive action. Amen! This is a tried-and-true strategy in all venues of life! From Internet protocols, to Iraqi WMDs!

  2. Re:So... by imroy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If I do a tracroute on 192.88.99.1, it goes off to the US somewhere. There doesn't seem to be any 6to4 gateways here in Australia. I'd still much rather use the AARNet IPv6 Migration Broker. I get a /48 prefix in their brand new network. And it's not on the 6bone, they have a proper 2001:: prefix.