IPv6 Buzz 029: You Just Got Your First IPv6 Addresses – Now What?

In this IPv6 Buzz podcast episode, Ed and Scott discuss address planning with Tim Rooney. Tim is the Director of Product Management and a 15-year veteran at DDI vendor BT Diamond IP.
He’s also the author of several books including IP Address Management: Principles and Practice and IPv6 Deployment and Management, available through Wiley Press.
Topics discussed include:

* What stumps Tim’s customers when it comes to IPv6 and address planning
* How  policies impact your IPv6 address plan (and vice versa)
* How keeping track of networks instead of host addresses makes IPv6 address planning easier
* What level of the IPv6 address plan is best correlated to existing IPv4 assignments?
* Is it ever OK to encode an IPv4 address into an IPv6 address?

Show Links:
IPAM Worldwide – Tim Rooney’s Web site
Tim Rooney’s blog
Free IPv6 Tools
IPv6 Deployment and Management – Wiley
IP Address Management: Principles and Practice – Wiley
Your Hosts:

* Ed Horley @ehorley
* Scott Hogg @scotthogg