IPv6 Workshop
MAX will be hosting an IPv6 workshop in August. The workshop will be a two-day course. Because of the limited space in the MAX offices we can only accommodate 12 people per course and will accept registrations on a first-come, first-serve basis. So please register right away to secure your spot.
When:
August 15 & 16 OR August 17 & 18 (please specify which two-day period you prefer)
9:00am - 5:00pm both days
Instructor:
William "Bill" Cerveny, former internet engineer for Internet2 with 17 years of experience in data communications:
IP-based LANs and WANs of all kinds
Network and Application Benchmarking and Tuning
Network Measurement
Network Troublehshooting
IPv6 and IP Multicast
Developing advanced network engineering workshops
Workshop Content:
- Router Configuration: How do you turn on IPv6 routing on a router?
- BGP Configuration: Attendees will configure BGP sessions between the campus, gigaPoP, and core routers.
- Addressing: We will discuss how addressing works, what types of addressing schemes are possible given the number of addresses available, how allocations are made, and current best practices.
- Bind configuration: DNS is extremely important in IPv6. We will address how to populate a server with AAAA records, and how to configure it to perform both forward and reverse lookups. We will discuss best practices, bind versions required, and potential pitfalls.
- Transition Issues: How do you make your IPv6 network IPv4-aware and vice versa? How extensively can you do dual stack implementations and where do you need to do translation?
- Discussion Issues: There are several aspects of IPv6 that we will take some time to discuss. Among them are the effects of multihoming, how auto-configuration affects network administrators and network management.
- Services: What IPv6 services should a campus or gigapop currently offer? What are the best known practices for distributing IPv6 throughout a campus or state network?
Purpose of the Workshop:
Over the course of this workshop, participants will design and set up a functioning IPv6 network. This network will be connected to the Internet2 IPv6 network, and thus to the rest of the global IPv6 network. Both external and internal routing will be configured. Using IPv6 transition tools, you will also gateway between the workshop IPv6 network and the global IPv4 internet. After having experienced one workshop as a student, an attendee is expected to be able to engineer IPv6 networks within his/her campus, explain IPv6 engineering concepts to peers, and, in some cases, help teach or facilitate future IPv6 workshops.
What to Bring:
Attendees are asked to bring a laptop capable of running an IPv6 stack. We prefer that these stacks be installed prior to the workshop, but help will be available at the workshop if that is not possible. Laptops should also have an integrated serial port or a USB-to-serial adapter for accessing router console ports.
Recommended Reading:
We recommend that attendees consider reading Marc Blanchet's "Migrating to IPv6: A Practical Guide for Mobile and Fixed Networks." The book is a comprehensive overview of IPv6 and related protocols, with practical techniques and advice on implementation, applications and deployment. You can read more about the book at
http://www.ipv6book.ca/ .
Cost of Workshop:
Free for MAX members
Registration Contact:
Tiombé Hurd, e-mail: thurd@maxgigapop.net
Remember, space is limited so register today!
Sponsor Acknowledgements:
Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, and Microsoft are sponsors of the Internet2 IPv6 Workshop Series. Cisco provided 2651XM routers and network modules and memory for 3640 routers, Juniper provided M-5 routers and Microsoft provided financial support for the workshop series.