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The evolution of this technology has featured continual increases in the scale of Ethernet networks, increasing in capacity, reach and connections. I’d like…</p> </div> <hr/> </article> <article id="post-1932" class="post-1932 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-ipv6"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://labs.apnic.net/index.php/2024/10/19/the-ipv6-transition/" title="Permalink to The IPv6 Transition" rel="bookmark">The IPv6 Transition</a></h1> <p class="entry-meta"> <span class="sep"></span><time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-10-19T23:51:03+00:00"> 19 Oct 2024</time> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">in</span> <a href="https://labs.apnic.net/index.php/category/ipv6/" rel="category tag">IPv6</a> </span> </p> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>I wrote an article in May 2022, asking “Are we there yet?” about the transition to IPv6. At the time I concluded the article on an optimistic note, observing that we may not be ending the transition just yet, but we are closing in. I thought at the time that…</p> </div> <hr/> </article> <article id="post-1925" class="post-1925 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-ip"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://labs.apnic.net/index.php/2024/10/04/the-size-of-packets/" title="Permalink to The Size of Packets" rel="bookmark">The Size of Packets</a></h1> <p class="entry-meta"> <span class="sep"></span><time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-10-04T19:45:17+00:00"> 4 Oct 2024</time> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">in</span> <a href="https://labs.apnic.net/index.php/category/ip/" rel="category tag">IP</a> </span> </p> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>We’ve now been running packet-switched networks for many decades, and these days it’s packets and not virtual circuits lie behind most of the world’s digital communications service. But some very fundamental questions remain unanswered in this packet-switched world. Perhaps the most basic question is: “How big should a packet be?”…</p> </div> <hr/> </article> <article id="post-1922" class="post-1922 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-technology"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://labs.apnic.net/index.php/2024/09/13/the-evolution-of-pon/" title="Permalink to The Evolution of PON" rel="bookmark">The Evolution of PON</a></h1> <p class="entry-meta"> <span class="sep"></span><time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-09-13T01:15:04+00:00"> 13 Sep 2024</time> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">in</span> <a href="https://labs.apnic.net/index.php/category/technology/" rel="category tag">Technology</a> </span> </p> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>AUSNOG, the Australian Network Operator’s Group meetings, have always managed to assemble a program that represents a fascinating window into the diversity of activities in the Australian communications environment. This year the program included the use of femtocells raised to a useful height by tethered drones to provide fast response…</p> </div> <hr/> </article> <article id="post-1920" class="post-1920 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-ip-addresses"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://labs.apnic.net/index.php/2024/09/09/looking-for-240-4-addresses/" title="Permalink to Looking for 240/4 Addresses" rel="bookmark">Looking for 240/4 Addresses</a></h1> <p class="entry-meta"> <span class="sep"></span><time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-09-09T01:53:24+00:00"> 9 Sep 2024</time> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">in</span> <a href="https://labs.apnic.net/index.php/category/ip-addresses/" rel="category tag">IP Addresses</a> </span> </p> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>If you look through the IANA’s IPv4 address registry you will find a set of reservations which collectively are encompasses by the address prefix 240/4, and are annotated in the registry for “Future Use.” These entries reference RFC 1112 section 4, which states: “Class E IP addresses, i.e., those with…</p> </div> <hr/> </article> <article id="post-1917" class="post-1917 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-ietf category-routing category-security"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://labs.apnic.net/index.php/2024/08/08/bytes-from-ietf-120-a-few-routing-topics/" title="Permalink to Bytes from IETF 120 – A Few Routing Topics" rel="bookmark">Bytes from IETF 120 – A Few Routing Topics</a></h1> <p class="entry-meta"> <span class="sep"></span><time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-08-08T20:50:27+00:00"> 8 Aug 2024</time> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">in</span> <a href="https://labs.apnic.net/index.php/category/ietf/" rel="category tag">IETF</a>, <a href="https://labs.apnic.net/index.php/category/routing/" rel="category tag">Routing</a>, <a href="https://labs.apnic.net/index.php/category/security/" rel="category tag">Security</a> </span> </p> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>There was, as usual, a lot of work in the area of Inter-Domain Routing at IETF 120. There is the long-standing Inter-Domain Routing (IDR) working group, looking at the specification o0f the BGP protocol and its refinements for particular deployment scenarios such as 5G networks, or certain service quality assurance,…</p> </div> <hr/> </article> <article id="post-1914" class="post-1914 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-ip category-technology"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://labs.apnic.net/index.php/2024/08/05/bytes-from-ietf-120-deep-space-networking/" title="Permalink to Bytes from IETF 120 – Deep Space Networking" rel="bookmark">Bytes from IETF 120 – Deep Space Networking</a></h1> <p class="entry-meta"> <span class="sep"></span><time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-08-05T20:32:13+00:00"> 5 Aug 2024</time> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">in</span> <a href="https://labs.apnic.net/index.php/category/ip/" rel="category tag">IP</a>, <a href="https://labs.apnic.net/index.php/category/technology/" rel="category tag">Technology</a> </span> </p> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>The IEPG meets each Sunday at the start of the IETF week. The intended theme of these meetings is essentially one of operational relevance in some form or fashion – although the chairs will readily admit that they will run with an agenda of whatever is on offer at the…</p> </div> <hr/> </article> <article id="post-1908" class="post-1908 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-dns"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://labs.apnic.net/index.php/2024/08/02/bytes-from-ietf-120-dns-topics/" title="Permalink to Bytes from IETF 120 – DNS Topics" rel="bookmark">Bytes from IETF 120 – DNS Topics</a></h1> <p class="entry-meta"> <span class="sep"></span><time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-08-02T17:27:55+00:00"> 2 Aug 2024</time> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">in</span> <a href="https://labs.apnic.net/index.php/category/dns/" rel="category tag">DNS</a> </span> </p> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>DELEG This is a newly formed Working Group to look at the mechanisms for delegation in the DNS, intending to define a delegation with a richer set of functions than what we have with the NS delegation record. There are a number of shortcomings with the current form of delegation…</p> </div> <hr/> </article> <article id="post-1905" class="post-1905 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-ip"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://labs.apnic.net/index.php/2024/08/02/bytes-from-ietf-120-bbr-123/" title="Permalink to Bytes from IETF 120 – BBR 1,2,3" rel="bookmark">Bytes from IETF 120 – BBR 1,2,3</a></h1> <p class="entry-meta"> <span class="sep"></span><time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-08-02T03:58:46+00:00"> 2 Aug 2024</time> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">in</span> <a href="https://labs.apnic.net/index.php/category/ip/" rel="category tag">IP</a> </span> </p> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>During the recent IETF meeting it was pointed out to me that we got it all wrong when we called the end-to-end transport flow control algorithms “congestion control,” as this was a term with negative connotations about the network and the quality of the user experience. 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