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IPv6 Program

IPv6 deployment is a very important issue in our community. It is a priority for APNIC to dedicate the resources to help facilitate IPv6 deployment in the Asia Pacific region and provide stakeholders with the necessary information to make this important decision for your organization.

APNIC is your information source on IPv6 deployment.

Understanding IPv6

Build your knowledge of IPv6 and how it affects your organization.

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ICONS IPv6 Wiki


Internet Community of Online Networking specialists (ICONS) is a APNIC hosted resource for organizations. It is a Wiki where community members and APNIC post information on the latest information on issues such as IPv6.

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APNIC Research and Development

APNIC Presentations

APNIC Publications

APNIC also publishes brochures for the various communities containing useful information about IPv4 and IPv6, including IPv4 capacity, how APNIC can help support IPv6 deployment, and outreach programs.

APNIC IPv6 Services

APNIC has a number of services that will support your organization to develop IPv6 capabilities and acquire IPv6 resources.
The Asia Pacific community expects APNIC to take a leadership role in the challenge to address the issues involved in IPv4 exhaustion and IPv6 deployment.


APNIC's role in IPv6 Deployment

While APNIC cannot actively participate in specific deployments on behalf of Member organizations, it does play a significant role in the introduction of IPv6 in the Asia Pacific and globally.

  • Education: The APNIC membership has asked the organization to play an active role in creating awareness of IPv6 and the issues surrounding IPv4 exhaustion.
  • Distribution: Assign and allocate IPv6 address space.
  • Act as an information source: APNIC will provide accurate and impartial research, information, and training on IPv6 deployment.
  • Facilitator: APNIC is in the unique position to act as a facilitator of multi-stakeholder discussion and information sharing with the entire community in the Asia Pacific region. Part of this discussion is the development of new policies specifically related to IPv6 addresses.

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APNIC IPv6 Training and education

The APNIC Training team carry out IPv6 training throughout the region for network administrators.

Check out the APNIC training curriculum and the current training schedule.

APNIC IPv6 Program and Liaison representatives also regularly conduct presentations that discuss IPv6 from the perspectives of other stakeholder in the community.

  • APNIC speakers are available to talk to your organization or at your event.

APNIC services via IPv6 Access

APNIC has made several of their key service available via IPv6 including:

IPv6 Infrastructure

APNIC has introduced an IPv6 transit exchange a short-term project to help encourage IPv6 deployment until there is enough commercial providers of native IPv6 services.

Any organisation with an IPv6 prefix is welcome and encouraged to join. For more information, please contact the APNIC Helpdesk.

Facilitating IPv6 Policy Development

IP addresses and AS numbers are shared resources, available for use by anyone who needs them. APNIC policies ensure that these resources are distributed fairly and consistently across the whole Asia Pacific region.

Current Policy discussion on the Policy SIG

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APNIC IPv6 Calendar

1999
  • Internet Architecture Board (IAB) calls on RIRs to prepare to make allocations of IPv6
  • APNIC community adopts its first IPv6 allocation and assignment policy
  • APNIC makes its first IPv6 allocation
2002
  • APNIC adds IPv6 to the apnic.net nameserver
  • APNIC begins project to establish root server mirrors in the Asia
  • Pacific (One root server in the Asia Pacific in 2002; 35 in 2008)
  • APNIC begins IPv6 training
2003
  • APNIC website available via IPv6
  • APNIC is a founder of the Number Resource Organization (NRO), to protect the unallocated Internet number resource pool
2007
  • APNIC community resolves to actively promote adoption of IPv6 and focus efforts on comprehensive deployment of IPv6 in the Asia Pacific region Resolution from APNIC 24
2008
  • APNIC Launches APNIC IPv6 Program
  • APNIC holds IPv6 connectivity showcases at its Open Policy Meetings
  • APNIC joins the 6DEPLOY project, part of the European Unions
  • 7th Framework Programme, as a sponsoring partner
  • APNIC launches IPv6 modules on APNICs e-Learning platform
2009
2011
  • IANA IPv4 free pool predicted to be fully consumed
2012
  • RIR IPv4 free pools predicted to be fully consumed