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The Internet of today is in many ways a legacy system unsuited to the demands
of continuing exponential growth. In fact, the original design for the Internet
Protocol (IPv4) is already over 20 years old. One new addressing scheme, Internet
Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) has been developed to improve Internet quality, scalability
and security. Some of the benefits that IPv6 offers are:
- Expanded addressing. An increase in the available addresses will allow many
more devices to connect to the Internet and will enable the growth of Internet
applications (such as VoIP).
- Simplified header format. The new header format will improve routing efficiency.
- Improved extension and option support. Implementations of header extensions
will improve the ways in which routers process packets.
- Flow labeling. Related packets may be treated as streams, improving reliability.
- Improved Authentication and Privacy. Security measures are built into the
IPv6 protocol.
IP Infusion offers the ZebOS® Network Platform, a suite of routing software that fully supports the most recent drafts and specifications of IPv4 and IPv6 versions of RIP, OSPF, BGP-4, IS-IS and PIM-SM. The ZebOS software is unique for the following reasons:
- The ZebOS modular architecture provides stability, makes it easy to add IPv6
protocols, upgrade modules and set timers independently.
- IPv6 functionality has been built into ZebOS as an integral part of the software.
- ZebOS has a full implementation of IPv6 technology, including the latest RFC
drafts.
IP Infusion is committed to the growth of IPv6 protocols. IP Infusion is a member
of the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab and the Network Processor
Forum. ZebOS is one of the most widely deployed testing software used on the 6Bone
(IPv6 testbed). The management of IP Infusion is also active in a number of international
organizations such as the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), JANOG (Japan
Network Operators Group) and the Global IPv6 Summit. IP Infusion will continue
its participation in the standards bodies while fully supporting the latest developments
in IPv6 protocol.
IP Infusion has been an active advocate and participant in the following test and industry events.
- Global IPv6 Summit: With the continued acceptance of IPv6, networking vendors are looking to quickly deploy IPv6 solutions. Together IP Infusion and Foundry Networks demonstrated how IPv6 packets could be sent over an existing IPv4 infrastructure. Mechanisms such as 6to4 and ISATAP are used to establish tunnels over IPv4 to allow for the communication of IPv6 nodes over an IPv4 network. The demonstration was realized using IP Infusion’s OSPF routing protocols and ISATAP and 6to4 tunneling software along with Foundry dual stack and IPv6 routers.
IPv6 Tunneling Demo Topology
- The Moonv6 project is a collaborative effort between the North American IPv6 Task Force (NAv6TF), the University of New Hampshire - InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), the Joint Interoperability Testing Command (JITC) and various other DoD agencies, and Internet2. Taking place across the US at multiple locations, the Moonv6 project represents the most aggressive collaborative IPv6 interoperability and application demonstration event in the North American market to date.
Moonv6 Project Testbed Topology
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