Changing the Campus IT Networks

Editor's Notes

• #2: Just as the Internet has revolutionized the way we work, socialize, create and distribute information globally, it has also had a profound impact on how we learn and how campus IT organizations now implement technology programs and networks. The networks needed to run these large-scale campus operations have grown exponentially in recent years and only continue to expand. However, the current Internet addressing scheme known as IPv4 or Internet Protocol Version 4 has run out of room and can’t handle the growth in IP address demand that comes from everything including the institution’s infrastructure and student and teacher cell phones, computers and tablets. In rapidly changing campus environments, campus IT must be able to adapt easily, promote growth and ensure access to the Internet that’s now helping shape our institutions. To remain on the cutting edge today, campus IT organizations must understand how IPv6 factors into their programs, enterprise implementations and the future of the school and how to address it now so that it becomes a part of the technology infrastructure sooner rather than later.
• #4: APNIC announced regional IPv4 exhaustion in 2011 The RIPE NCC announced regional IPv4 exhaustion in 2012 LACNIC announced regional IPv4 exhaustion in 2015 ARIN expected to announce regional IPv4 exhaustion in 2015 AFRINIC is the only RIR that has not announced regional IPv4 exhaustion yet
• #5: Depletion of the available Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address pool for the ARIN region of the globe (Canada, United States, and parts of the Caribbean) is now imminent. This event will not affect your ability to surf the Internet, but your Internet service provider (ISPs) needs to plan appropriately in order to connect additional customers to the public Internet once depletion occurs, and for those ISPs with significant growth needs, this will mean making use of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) to connect new customers
• #6: If you have a public-facing web site, it will perform better if it is connected to the Internet with both an IPv4 and an IPv6 address (i.e. this is done by adding IPv6 connectivity to your existing web site.) Your web hosting provider or IT department may already be working on that particular change, but now is the time to confirm such preparations. To get IPv6-enabled for your website - http://teamarin.net/get6/who-gets-it/
• #7: Facebook says it has seen users' News Feeds loading 20 percent to 40 percent faster on mobile devices using IPv6 according to Facebook Software Engineer, Paul Saab as reported by Stephen Lawson in Network World: http://www.computerworld.com/article/2909628/the-future-is-here-you-may-already-be-using-ipv6.html
• #12: IPv6 deployment by US Internet service providers (broadband to home, mobile is quite respectable, with more than 20% of the US customers connected via IPv6 (up from 10% one year ago today, and growing rapidly: https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html#tab=per-country-ipv6-adoption)
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• #22: ARIN: https://www.arin.net Get6: http://teamarin.net/get6/ Preparing Applications for IPv6: https://www.arin.net/knowledge/preparing_apps_for_v6.pdf ISOC Deploy 360: http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/ NANOG: http://www.nanog.org/archives/ NANOG Best Current Operational Practices: http://bcop.nanog.org DOD IPv6 Knowledge Base: http://www.hpc.mil/index.php/2013-08-29-16-03-23/networking-overview/2013-10-03-17-24-38