IPv6 in the Hungarian Academic network

BME Informatikai Központ

BME Irányitástechnika és Informatika Tanszék

Kadlecsik József <kadlec@sunserv.kfki.hu>

KFKI RMKI

As the Y2k problem fades, IT professionals are facing a new challenge: the proliferation of the Internet and IP technologies in the everyday life. Sooner or later every mobile phone, car and household appliance will be able to communicate over the Internet. Hungary and the Hungarian academic network were lucky at the time when they got connected to the net, as class B addresses were still available. The situation has changed considerably since then. Large countries, such as China, Russia or even Japan long for large IPv4 address ranges, but because 75% of the address space is already allocated, they are unable to get it. This means, that there is a growing need for IPv6. Hungary is expected to start using the new protocol in 2 to 3 years. The academic network has always played a leading role in introducing new networking technologies, and thus it is leading the way in the experimental introduction of IPv6.

The presentation describes the TIPSTER6 and related foreign (GÉANT, 6INIT, etc.) project and their results.