Internet2 IPv6 Working Group Charter

Over the last two years, the WG has succeeded in deploying an IPv6 network within the Abilene infrastructure, and integrating the resultant network with other large scale IPv6 networks.

The Internet2 IPv6 Working Group aims to make IPv6 an effective tool for the Internet2 community and, in so doing, to contribute to the IPv6 work in the broader Internet by exercising, proliferating, and improving IPv6 infrastructure and software in the Internet2 context.

The activities of the working group divide into three distinct though related areas.

• The Engineering/Operational area is organized to build, cultivate, and operate a nationwide IPv6 network as an effective part of the Internet2 infrastructure to support the research and education needs of our community.
• The Educational area aims to provide campus engineers the information they need to deploy and support IPv6 within their campuses.
• The Motivational area aims to clarify, both for campus decision-makers and for IPv6 leaders, why IPv6 will be valuable, in strategic and in practical terms, to the Internet2 user community. In other words, we want our members to understand why they should apply limited resources from within the campus to deployment and integration of IPv6.