From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:20:42 +0100
* Robert D. Scott:
When I posted my original note, I was not really looking for end user feedback, but rather is anyone peering V6 with them on either a public fabric or private peer. Any idea if they have native V6 transit, or are tunneling, and to where.
Google seems to aim at Tier 1 status for IPv6. No transit, no tunneling.
From their web page at http://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/: "To qualify for Google over IPv6, your network must have good IPv6 connectivity to Google. Multiple direct interconnections are preferred, but a direct peering with multiple backup routes through transit or multiple reliable transit connections may be acceptable. Your network must provide and support production-quality IPv6 networking and provide access to a substantial number of IPv6 users. Additionally, because IPv6
problems with users' connections can cause users to become unable to access Google if Google over IPv6 is enabled, we expect you to troubleshoot any IPv6 connection problems that arise in your or your users' networks." So you need multiple IPv6 connections or one IPv6 connection with transit IPv6 support to get it. A university with a direct peering with Google and and Internet2 transit to google would probably qualify. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751