My last post was all about finding IPv6 prefixes on the IPv6 Internet. I think the next natural question is “What about IPv6 traffic?” or more specifically, “What about IPv6 traffic on my network?” In this post, I’ll talk about some network tools, or instrumentation, that can be used to find and measure IPv6 traffic that is out on your network. Network instrumentation is going to be important whether you plan to integrate IPv6 into your network or not. “What?” you might ask, “why is instrumenting my network to detect IPv6 important if I’m not going to run IPv6 in my network?”
Tags: ACLs used to identify IPv6, Cisco Services, IDS/IPS for IPv6 identification, IPv6, IPv6 discovery with QoS policy, IPv6 on Switching, IPv6 Traffic, netflow, SNMP MIB