IPv6 Buzz 059: More Listener Questions Asked And Answered

In this week’s episode Ed, Scott, and Tom answer more listener questions. Topics discussed include:

* What are the use cases for Network Prefix Translation (NPTv6)?
* Is asymmetric routing a challenge with IPv6?
* Why has Cisco implemented LDPv6 on IOS-XR, but not on IOS-XE yet?
* Why do enterprises have to use DHCPv6 anyway?

Thanks for listening (and keep the questions coming)!
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Show Links:
Avoiding NAT66 – Dan Wing, Google IPv6 Implementors Conference, 2010
How to Ruin Your Future Network with ULAs – Infoblox
RFC 7552 – Updates to LDP for IPv6 (LDPv6) – IETF
Cisco IOS XR Release 5.3.0 (IPv6 Support in MPLS LDP was introduced) – Cisco
Your Hosts:

* Tom Coffeen @ipv6tom
* Scott Hogg @scotthogg
* Ed Horley @ehorley