SixXS Information

SixXS is a so called IPv6 Access Provider. We make it possible for ISP's to enable their clients to access the IPv6 internet using IPv4 in IPv6 tunnels, thus avoiding upgrading the infrastructure between the client and the ISP. SixXS does this by providing a Tunnel Broker. More detailed information is available from the main SixXS website. The IPv6Gate is an extra service to help IPv6 deployment. Why does this service exist? There appears to be a chicken and egg problem in deploying IPv6; ISP's serving endusers don't want to do it yet because there isn't any need for it from their clients, Hosting companies don't do it yet because there isn't any demand yet either from clients. Clients don't need it because there isn't any content and thus there isn't any need for the hosting nor the ISP's to do it. Thus, we made this gateway, which allows users who do have IPv6 to get to all the content in the IPv4 world. If you don't have IPv6 connectivity (yet) you can of course try the SixXS Tunnel Broker. But my ISP doesn't provide IPv6 yet! You could either pursuade your ISP to support it or get them to install a SixXS PoP or you could setup a tunnel to one of the public SixXS PoPs as SixXS is a Tunnel Broker. But my computer doesn't do IPv6 yet! Check out the SixXS FAQs where there are numberous examples for most common Operating Systems on how to configure IPv6 support. SixXS is a Tunnel Broker which can provide you with IPv6 connectivity even if you only have IPv4 now.