Using the experience gained with the IPv6 pilot of Renater2, procedures for connecting to Renater3 were designed and the teams were trained to be aware of the new processes. All the sites connected to the pilot have to be moved to Renater3, and be allocated a new prefix in the new address space. There was no D-day between the pilot and Renater3 as connectivity was not shut down for people connected through the pilot, to let them have time to do the procedures to connect to Renater3. Now all the sites have migrated to Renater3 and the pilot prefix is not used.

The procedures defined for IPv6 are very close to the ones defined for IPv4. This implies that a site can connect only if the network administrator fills some forms. An issue is that all these administrators are not IPv6 aware, and that some people in the site they manage need IPv6 connectivity. The prefix given to the site is aimed at addressing the whole network, and the administrator has to delegate a part of this prefix to the lab, which implies some IPv6 deployment forecast. This is not easy if the administrator is not IPv6 aware. This can lead to long delays to connect some sites to Renater3.

After 18 months, 50 sites are connected to the IPv6 service of Renater3 and 75 sites have received a prefix. The following map shows the density of IPv6 connected sites in the different French regions.