The Message from APNIC 26 – Buy IPv4/IPv4 NATs Now
APNIC 26 attempted to focus on IPv6. It was a major disaster from Layer 2 to Layer 9. The network failed both at Layer 2 in the 802.11 and, for the few who managed to connect for a few minutes, applications at Layer 7 which should have worked did not. And, despite demonstrating on Tuesday that the IPv6 network did not work, APNIC staff persisted in turning the IPv4 network off on Wednesday. And they were proud of it. All in all, it was an impressive demonstration of non-professionalism and operational lack of clue.
And the panel held Tuesday morning was a complete train wreck. People walked away saying they were going home and telling folk that their companies should wait some years for IPv6 and consider just NATting IPv4.
APNIC has set a high bar that future IPv6 train wrecks will find hard to beat.