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Explore IPv6

• The Basics
• IPv6 Presentations and Documents
• IPv6 in the News
• Book Reviews
• Educating Yourself about IPv6
• IPv6 Resource Sites

Prepare for IPv6

• Broadband CPE
• Carrier Support
• Designing an IPv6 Lab Environment
• Device Support
• DNS Registrars IPv6 Support Status
• Enabling IPv6 on a Mail Server
• First Steps for ISPs
• Guidelines for the Secure Deployment of IPv6
• How do I get IPv6 from ARIN
• How do I get IPv6 from an ISP
• Investigate Middleboxes
• IPv6 Addressing Plans
• IPv6 Consulting Resources
• IPv6 Firewalls
• Operational transition information
• Planning IPv6 Deployment
• Porting Applications
• Providers Currently Selling IPv6 Transit
• Transparent Internet Access
• US Government - USGv6 Technical Infrastructure
• Vendors in the ARIN Region

Relevant IPv6 Information at ARIN.NET

If you would like more information about ARIN's policies and procedures related to IPv6, or a look at community discussions and other materials, we encourage you to make use of the ARIN website. We've provided some links below to highlighted information.

• ARIN's IPv6 Info Center
• IPv4 Depletion / IPv6 Adoption Slide Deck
• IPv6 section of Number Resource Policy Manual
• Instructions-Initial IPv6 Allocation from ARIN
• Instructions-Requesting Additional IPv6 Allocations from ARIN
• Instructions-Requesting a Direct IPv6 Assignment from ARIN
• ARIN Fee Schedule
• ARIN Registration Statistics
• ARIN Public-facing Services

Preparing Applications for IPv6

A Software Developers Guide to Writing and Migrating Network Applications for Use on IPv6 Networks

ARIN is pleased to present "Preparing Applications for IPv6," a software developers guide to writing and migrating networked applications for use on IPv6 networks. This guide focuses on software application needs when making the migration to IPv6, and covers some common assumptions made when developing software for an IPv4-only Internet.

Implement and Manage IPv6

• Apache HTTPD
• Customer problems that could occur
• Providers of IPv6 Services
• DNS and Naming Issues
• Implementing 6PE
• IPv6 Management Tools
• ISP IPv6 Implementations
• Relay Services
• Renumbering an IPv6 Network
• Troubleshoot IPv6 Issues
• FreeBSD
• Linux Support
• Solaris IPv6 Sites
• Warning broken users with JavaScript
• 3GPP Mobile Networks
• IPv6 Consulting and Training Services
• IPv6 Hosting and DNS Providers

Results from Global IPv6 Deployment Monitoring Surveys:  2013, 2012, 2011, and 2010 are also available online.