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How Do I Get IPv6 Enabled?

ARIN has spread the word about IPv6 adoption for years, and the community has listened. Instead of asking what IPv6 is, organizations are asking which steps they can take toward running IPv6 on their networks. The answer to that question differs based on a multitude of variables and considerations, and basic tips like "train your staff," or "upgrade your routers and equipment" will only get your network so far. The best answers to many IPv6 implementation questions lie in case studies. To facilitate the sharing of IPv6 implementation experiences and other educational topics, ARIN hosts an official IPv6 Wiki. The content of the IPv6 Wiki is generated and maintained by you, the Internet community, to provide an opportunity to collaborate on IPv6 subject matter.

Share Your Experience

If you or someone you know has successfully implemented IPv6, we urge you to share your experience, strategies, and any bumps in the road that you ran into with your fellow Internet community members! There may be several people who have worked through the issue you are stuck on, and vice versa.
We understand the challenges - ARIN's services and its own network are dual-stacked. For information on ARIN’s implementation experience, please see our Services Page. ARIN also presented a case study on its efforts concerning IPv6 at ARIN XXV, and both an archive of the slides and video from that presentation are available [Video: Part 1; Part 2].

What If I Need To Convince My Organization That Adopting IPv6 is a Good Thing?

ARIN has created a downloadable slide deck that describes the depletion of the IPv4 resource and the need to adopt IPv6.  Each slide also includes presentation notes with more detailed information. The slide deck is available in both PowerPoint and Acrobat formats. You can use the slide deck as a whole, or select individual slides to supplement your own presentations.  ARIN provides the slide deck as an open file for ease of use, but requests you not alter the content of the slides. The slide deck is updated periodically to reflect current statistics.

ARIN also offers a slide deck covering how ARIN adopted IPv6 on its equipment. Feel free to use this case study as a supplemental vehicle for convincing your organization to adopt IPv6. [INSERT LINK TO SLIDES]
Additionally, ARIN has a "Deploying IPv6" multimedia presentation available for download. This Flash-based presentation can be used in conjunction with the IPv4 Depletion and IPv6 Adoption Community Use Slide Deck or presented independently.

More Info:

• Board Resolution on the Adoption of IPv6
• Deploying IPv6
• IANA IPv6 Address Space Allocation Information
• IPv4 and IPv6
• IPv4 and IPv6 Space Allocated to ARIN
• IPv6 Adoption
• IPv6 Transition Planning
• Services available over IPv6 at ARIN
• Share your IPv6 deployment experience and questions on the ARIN IPv6 wiki

How Do I Keep Up To Speed on IPv4 and IPv6?

Keep up with the latest ARIN news and outreach is by heading to our microsite, www.TeamARIN.net. The TeamARIN website is maintained as a public service by ARIN to educate consumers, businesses, and governments on issues facing the Internet community and to provide easy-to-use tools to empower people to take action immediately.

Additionally, you can utilize any of ARIN’s social media vehicles:

• Follow ARIN on Twitter (@TeamARIN)

• Join the ARIN LinkedIn group
• Become a fan of ARIN on Facebook
• Watch the videos on YouTube

Where Have All The Addresses Gone?

IANA held a ceremony in February 2011 to commemorate the allocation of the final five /8s to the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) in accordance with the Global Policy for the Allocation of the Remaining IPv4 Address Space. To keep the community informed of the status of the ARIN's IPv4 address pool, we are now publishing a daily report of our IPv4 inventory of available addresses on our home page.

ARIN still has a pool of IPv4 address space, and we will continue to make allocations in accordance with the policies documented in the Number Resource Policy Manual. It is impossible to project how much time it will take for ARIN to reach IPv4 depletion. However, ARIN has been allocating IPv6 addresses since 1999 and has been actively advocating the need for organizations to deploy IPv6 since 2007. Some of these actions include:

• May 2007 - the ARIN Board of Trustees passes a "Resolution on Internet Protocol Numbering Resource Availability" (Read the associated FAQs.)
• July 2007 – ARIN launches an IPv6 Wiki to facilitate IPv6 information sharing
• April 2009 – ARIN notifies CEOs of organizations holding IPv4 resources in its region of the issue via certified letter

When the global IPv4 free pool depleted, ARIN’s policies regarding the allocation and assignment of IPv4 space changed. To review these specific impacts and learn more about how IANA IPv4 free pool depletion affects ARIN Customers, please see: https://www.arin.net/resources/request/ipv4_depletion.html