IPv6 Deployment in South East Asia, presentation by Chimi Dorji for bdNOG 15, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 9 to 12 December 2022

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IPv6 Deployment
in South Asia 2022
Chimi Dorji
BDNOG, 9-12 Dec, 2022

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Overview
• IPv4 Status
• Why not IPv6.
• IPv6 in the region
• IPv6 in Bangladesh
• APNIC supports on IPv6 deployment
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IPv4 Status
Source: https://www.apnic.net/manage-ip/ipv4-exhaustion/#globalipv4-run-out

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WHY NOT DEPLOY IPV6?

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IPv6 Deployment
• Cost
– IPv4 Address space ~US$40-50 Per IP
• US$12,800 /24
– Hardware
• CGNAT is not free
• The world is changing
– 3 x increase/5 years
– Hyperscale's are catching up
– CDN Providers are ready for your IPv6 Packets

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IPv6 ADOPTION-WORLD
• 30% to 40% increase during COVID times (2020 Jan – 2022 June)
• Steady linear growth since 2017
Source: https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html#tab=ipv6-adoption

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APNIC’s IPv6 Measurements
• Uses scripted online advertisement (eg Google Ads)
– Over 12M measurements/day!!
• The ad-script fetches three URLs
– IPv6 only URL, Dual-stack URL, IPv4 only URL
• If the device can fetch:
– IPv6 URLs (native/dual-stack) over IPv6, deemed IPv6
capable
– dual-stack URL over IPv6, deemed to prefer IPv6

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Source : www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html
• 30% to 40% increase during COVID times (2020 Jan – 2022 June)
• Steady linear growth since 2017
IPv6 end user Readiness; Google stats

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APNIC stats
https://stats.labs.apnic.net/ipv6/
• 24% to 30% increase during
2020 Jan – 2022 June
• Still shows steady linear growth
since 2017
• Difference of measurement
matrices

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Statistics IPv6 – World
https://stats.labs.apnic.net/ipv6/

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Statistics IPv6 – South Asia
• 63.88% Preferred
– 2 of 8 Economies over 40%
– 4 of 8 Economies over 10%
– Good Growth in some regions
https://stats.labs.apnic.net/ipv6/XT?o=cXDw30x1r1

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Statistics IPv6 – South Asia
• 63.88% Preferred
– 2 of 8 Economies over 40%
– 4 of 8 Economies over 10%
– Growth in some regions
https://stats.labs.apnic.net/ipv6/XT?o=cXDw30x1r1
CCf Country IPv6 Pref 2022 IPv6 Pref 2020 Diff
IN India, Southern Asia, Asia 78.32% 63.07% 15.25%
LK Sri Lanka, Southern Asia, Asia 51.42% 25.10% 23.32%
NP Nepal, Southern Asia, Asia 33.01% 28.60% 4.41%
BT Bhutan, Southern Asia, Asia 18.03% 6.72% 11.31%
PK Pakistan, Southern Asia, Asia 3.70% 0.03% 3.67%
BD Bangladesh, Southern Asia, Asia 1.91% 0.03% 1.88%
MV Maldives, Southern Asia, Asia 0.09% 3.51% -3.42%
AF Afghanistan, Southern Asia, Asia 0.06% 0.11% -0.05%

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Statistics IPv6 vs IPv4 – Bangladesh
• Source: https://rex.apnic.net/as-interconnections?economy=BD&allocationType=ipv4,ipv6

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Statistics IPv6 –Bangladesh
– 1.91% preferred – 1189 ASN
– A Few Networks are starting to deploy
• 4 Networks ABOVE 10%
https://stats.labs.apnic.net/ipv6/BD

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Statistics IPv6 – Bangladesh
https://stats.labs.apnic.net/ipv6/BD
AS134595-Velocity AS139026- Shadhinota Net
AS133954- Exord Online Ltd AS133168-Shahjalal University of Science and Technology

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IPv6 Deployment
• Stop saying “I’ll do it tomorrow”
– We have been saying that for 25 years
• Networks are not going to get simpler
• Need practical help?
– Training: https://academy.apnic.net/
– TA: https://academy.apnic.net/en/technical-assistance

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HOW CAN APNIC HELP?

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Getting IPv6 addresses from APNIC is easy
• If you are an APNIC member and have IPv4 addresses,
you can login to MyAPNIC and just “One Click” to
automatically receive your IPv6 addresses.
– If you have IPv4 allocation, you will receive a /32 IPv6 allocation
– If you have IPv4 assignment, you will receive a /48 IPv6 assignment
• If you are not an APNIC member, you can submit a
membership and resource application via APNIC website
– https://www.apnic.net/get-ip/get-ip-addresses-asn/

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Technical and financial supports
• APNIC is ready to provide technical training and technical
assistance for IPv6 deployment.
– https://academy.apnic.net/
– Training at local NOGS, Like the one you just had.
• APNIC Foundation and the Information Society Innovation Fund
(ISIF Asia) can provide financial support.
– https://apnic.foundation/
– https://isif.asia/
– https://isif.asia/infrastructure-ipv6/ (The IPv6 Deployment Grants)
• More IPv6 information on APNIC website
– https://www.apnic.net/community/ipv6/

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THANKS