Aug. 1, 2025
There are so many ways to create IPv6 Subnet plans. As discussed in IPv6 Buzz 180, an address plan is one of, if not the first step. Because getting started in the IPv6 subnet planning can be somewhat daunting, I wrote this go application to help bootstrap the process. This open source tool can be used along with the web version of ipv6utils, or the CLI tool.
It’s not the Swiss army knife, but it’s enough to build a starting point.
Jul. 31, 2025
There are many, many reasons, methods, and orders of operation when starting out in IPv6. In this episode of IPv6 Buzz, Tom and I continue our IPv6 Basics series discussing deployment. We’ll help you sort out why you should deploy IPv6, things to consider before starting a deployment, and what approach you should take such as “inside out” vs. “outside in” and when you should deploy IPv6. Lastly we explain why you should seek out some training for deploying IPv6.
Jul. 17, 2025
In this episode of the IPv6 Buzz podcast, we dive straight in and talk about common misconceptions regarding DNS and IPv6. We’ve heard these often enough that we felt we should talk through each one. We cover issues including what kind of DNS record types can be returned via IPv6 (and IPv4, too), more details on what really goes on with Happy Eyeballs, and combining A/AAAA records types and security protocols like DoT/DoH/DoQ.
Jun. 12, 2025
The Hexabuild team is providing a new community resource, an IPv6 compatibility checker, for those trying to figure out IPv6 network hardware and software compatibility. It’s currently in an alpha version. We talk about what inspired it, what it does, and possible future updates. We also want to get your feedback on whether this is useful and something we should continue to expand. It’s far from perfect, but it is a start.
May. 29, 2025
Point to point link addressing. One would think it to be a simple formula…but alas, like everything else, there are strong opinions and lots of options. In this episode, we chat about point-to-point links. We cover what should and shouldn’t be done, and discuss why following RFC’s doesn’t always get you to the right place. We dig into questions including, but not limited to
Don’t we just use link-local addresses for point-to-points?
May. 16, 2025
Returning with more IPv6 basics, we dive deep into that often overlooked and frequently ignored address family - link-local addresses. Link-local addresses are unicast addresses used for addressing on a single link. The intent of link-local addresses is to let devices that may not have a router or global unicast address allocation mechanism still be able to communicate on a network segment. On today’s show we dig into how link-local addresses work, what to do with them, potential issues with link-local addresses, and more.