6bone-JP Japan part of "6bone" IPv6 network First domestic connectivity on June 9, 1996 First international connectivity on July 16, 1996 One of the oldest links in the world 6bone Various physical medium and tunnels Wide-area ATM, digital leased line, ISDN/analog dialup Using bare IPv6 link (non-tunnel link) from day one Aimed for heavy interop testing IPsec over IPv6 Routing: RIPng, BGP4+ (IBGP and EBGP) Carries real IPv6 traffic ssh6, telnet6, http6 Video/voice-over IPv6 (planned)