[GRLUG] IPv6 presentation

[Godwin]

Well I, for one, am very interested Mike.  I'll have to see if I can fit it
in my schedule.

G-
 On Jan 7, 2012 4:07 PM, "Michael Mol" <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:

> Heya folks. I've got a somewhat-hands-on IPv6 presentation and
> demonstration I'll be doing in Detroit next week Saturday. I figure
> I'll give the GRLUG a "beta" version of the presentation next week
> Wednesday at the Social. Here's my planned format:
>
> What I hope/would like to do is follow this format:
> 1) Set up a local network such that those with sufficient knowledge
> already can connect and pursue poking it on their own.
>
> 2) While those folks are pursuing and poking the connectivity and their
> devices' support, I can talk more about theory.
>
> I expect to touch on a wide range of topics, and at each step, I'll try
> to find out how familiar people already are with the specifics, and skip
> anything that'll be redundant for those present. I'll be happy to follow
> up in-person or on the discuss@ list for anything left unclear to some
> folks.
>
> Off the top of my head, I think the sequence will look like:
> 1) OSI layers. Briefly, talking about the data link, network and
> transport layers. Just enough to be able to point to where IPv4 and IPv6
> sit on them, and to be able to reference how IPv4 and IPv6 interact with
> them later. MAC addresses are going to be the most significant piece, here.
>
> 2) IP and ICMP. What an IP address is, how the address space is
> distributed (CIDR), how IP addresses are obtained (ARP, DHCP), and how
> routing works. Touch on IPv4 first, contrast with IPv6. (Notably, RAs
> may replace or complement DHCP, and ARP is dropped in favor of neighbor
> discovery)
>
> At this point, we might talk about a few different things, depending on
> where interest lies.
>
> * Connectivity options. Native IPv6 and transition mechanisms, including
> proxies, tunnels, Teredo and 6to4.
> * Dual stack. You don't have to use just IPv4 or just IPv6; you can (and
> probably should) use both at the same time.
> * DNS. What DNS is and does, and how it differs between IPv4 and IPv6.
> (Mostly, A vs AAAA records, and the format of PTR records)
> * Software and hardware compatibility. Some hardware won't work. Some
> software is buggy. Some software will never work.
> * Protocol compatibility. Protocols which are aware of network addresses
> (particularly, brokered peer-to-peer protocols such as SIP and
> bittorrent) face additional hurdles.
>
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