service provider founded 1994 headquarters fremont ca usa key people mike leber founder services ip transit colocation divisions usa website www.he.net primary asn 6939 peering policy open hurricane electric is a global internet service provider offering ipv4 and ipv6 services 1 as well as data center in san jose california and in fremont california where the company is based . contents 1 ipv6 2 peering 3 references 4 external links ipv6 edit hurricane electric operates the largest internet protocol version 6 ipv6 transit network globally as measured by the count of interconnections to other networks peering . 2 the majority of these adjacencies are native ipv6 bgp sessions . this may be determined with hurricane electric s bgp looking glass at http lg.he.net . hurricane electric offers an ipv6 tunnel broker service 3 providing free connectivity to the ipv6 internet via 6 in 4 ipv6 transition mechanisms . the company also provides an ipv6 certification program to further education and compliance in ipv6 technology . 4 5 according to hurricane electric s statistics as of january 19 2015 the company provided 80 487 tunnels spanning 169 countries 6 via the ipv6 tunnel broker and 10 383 individuals have reached the highest level of the ipv6 certification . 7 peering edit within its global network hurricane electric is connected to more than 148 major exchange points 8 9 and exchanges ip traffic directly with more than 6 400 different networks . 10 the company aims to increase number of participated exchange points to more than 150 ixps . 11 according to euro ix hurricane electric ranks first in the world for the number of connections to associated internet exchange points with presence at 80 of euro ix member ixps . 12 references edit cherry steven january 27 2011 . ipv6 is coming just in time . ieee spectrum . geoff huston . as s ordered by as adjacency . henderson nicole june 6 2011 . hurricane electric launches premium ipv6 tunnel broker service . web host industry review . deploy360 programme . training hurricane electric free ipv6 certification . internet society isoc . retrieved 21 june 2012 . hurricane electric offers a series of free ipv6 certification exams aimed at helping you demonstrate your familiarity with ipv6 concepts and your ability to correctly configure ipv6 systems . registration is free . salmela jacob . earning the ipv6 certification from hurricane electric on mac os x . jacobsalmela.com . retrieved 9 november 2014 . tunnels by country . hurricane electric . retrieved 19 january 2015 . ipv6 sages by region . hurricane electric . retrieved 19 january 2015 . hurricane electric exchange point information . he.net . internet exchange report exchange partcipants bgp toolkit . bgp.he.net . as6939 hurricane electric inc. bgp toolkit . bgp.he.net . walt wollny director interconnection strategy . 100 internet exchange points and beyond pdf . the caribbean peering and interconnection forum cpif . p. 26 . next milestone 150 internet exchanges asns present at 20 or more ixps . euro ix.net . external links edit official website ipv6 tunnel broker service operated by hurricane electric retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hurricane electric & oldid 744441984 categories companies based in fremont californiadata centersipv61994 establishments in californiatechnology companies based in the san francisco bay area navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa ol edit links this page was last modified on 15 october 2016 at 07 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view