IPv6

Version six of the Internet Protocol

IPv6 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.

Network abuse traffic

• IPv6 traffic to or from undefined addresses is discarded.