Show 86 - Connect To The IPv6 Internet For Free Using TunnelBroker.net

Hurricane Electric’s Owen DeLong joins Ethan Banks and Greg Ferro to discuss TunnelBroker.net. What’s TunnelBroker.net? It’s a free service from Hurricane Electric that lets you connect to the IPv6 Internet across an IPv4-only connection. Want to get started with IPv6? This is a great way to go, not only for the connectivity, but also for the IPv6 education Hurricane Electric offers.

We keep the show pretty on-topic, and cover the following information.

Who is Hurricane Electric?
In simple terms, what’s the TunnelBroker.net service?
Are these “real” routable IPv6 address blocks HE is issuing?
Why is HE offering this service (a) at all and (b) for free?
Who is eligible to use TunnelBroker.net?
Why bother? Isn’t carrier grade NAT going to save us all?
There are several types of IPv6 over IPv4 tunnels. What kind of tunnel is tunnelbroker.net using, and why was this type chosen over others?
What sorts of devices can successfully bring up an IPv6 tunnel to HE?
What sort of tunnel termination device is on the HE side? Is it redundant/resilient? In what way?
Explain the tunnelbroker.net provisioning process. Is it automated or are there humans involved?
Once the tunnel is up, what can you do with it?
Can end users do anything crazy like advertise their own RIR-assigned IPv6 allocation to HE via BGP through the tunnel? Or nail up 2 tunnels to HE to have redundant virtual links for their IPv6 block?
What happens if the user’s IPv4 tunnel endpoint is dynamically assigned, and the address changes?
How does a person advertise their IPv6-enabled service with DNS?
What resources would you recommend for a person trying to get smart about IPv6?
What’s a good strategy for a business looking to do IPv6 multihoming?
Is IPv6 prefix translation just a lame way for carriers to get out of upgrading their equipment?