IPv6

Version six of the Internet Protocol is the Internet Engineering Task Force's (IETF) response to the imminent exhaustion of IPv4 address space.

Native IPv6

  • AARNet runs IPv6 as a native protocol.
  • Routes are transferred using the IPv6 address family of BGP.
  • AARNet's network supports IPv6 traffic with the same performance as IPv4 traffic.

Native IPv6 multicast

  • AARNet supports native IPv6 multicast with the same performance as IPv4 multicast.

Native IPv6 address allocation

  • AARNet has a block of IPv6 address space for allocation to customers.
  • Send your request to the AARNet Network Operations Centre
  • Please include an addressing plan which shows 90% utilisation of the requested address space within one year of allocation.

IPv6 tunnels

Network abuse traffic

  • IPv6 traffic to or from undefined addresses is discarded.

Prices

  • IPv6 traffic incurs identical charges to IPv4 traffic.

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