RE: IPv6 Space at Public Exchanges

[Lane Patterson <lpatterson () equinix com>]

Correct, a quick glance reveals that Equinix, Telehouse America, and
WorldCom MAE Services have all received ARIN IPv6 Exchange Point
Microallocations out of non-6bone 2001: space--especially important now that
it appears folks are renumbering out of 3ffe: and the 6bone-phaseout draft
is on the table.  I'm not sure why MAE's decided to go for a /48 for each
location, but at Equinix we've just been carving out a /64 for each Exchange
from the /48 block, as is the common practice at most exchanges.

If Your Friendly Local Exchange doesn't support address space for IPv6
peering, just ask and I'm sure they would be happy to look into it.  ARIN,
RIPE, and APNIC policies are pretty much in sync on this topic, and designed
to encourage adoption.

Cheers,
-Lane

Lane Patterson <lane () equinix com>
Sr. R&D Engineer
Equinix, Inc.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Jimmerson [mailto:richardj () arin net]
> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 8:42 AM
> To: 'Nanog'
> Subject: RE: IPv6 Space at Public Exchanges
>
>
>
> Hello Michael,
>
> There is a policy in the ARIN region that allows IPv6 and IPv4
> "micro-allocations" to exchange points.  The policy is stated at:
>
>   http://www.arin.net/policy/2001_3.html
>
> The list of IPv6 micro-allocations ARIN has made to date is
> available at the following URL.  These allocations are also
> documented in ARIN WHOIS.
>
>   http://www.arin.net/registration/ipv6/micro_alloc.html
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Richard Jimmerson
> Director of Operations
> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) 
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu] On 
> > Behalf Of Michael K. Smith
> > Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 12:44 AM
> > To: Nanog
> > Subject: IPv6 Space at Public Exchanges
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello:
> >
> > Does anyone know if there are plans for IPv6 address space to 
> > be made available at the various public exchanges for the 
> > purpose of IPv6 peering between existing IPv4 peers?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > -- 
> >
> > Michael K. Smith          NoaNet
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