[102992] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPv6 on SOHO routers?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joel Jaeggli)
Wed Mar 12 16:25:37 2008
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:22:09 -0700
From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com>
To: frnkblk@iname.com
CC: nanog@merit.edu
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Frank Bulk - iNAME wrote:
> Slightly off-topic, but tangentially related that I'll dare to ask.
>
> I'm attending an "Emerging Communications" course where the instructor
> stated that there are SOHO routers that natively support IPv6, pointing to
> Asia specifically.
>
> Do Linksys, D-Link, Netgear, etc. have such software for the Asian markets?
Get yourself a copy of ipv6style magazine.
http://www.ipv6style.jp
The answer is yes.
> Furthermore, he stated that networking equipment companies like Cisco will
> be moving away from IPv4 in 5 years or so. This is the first time I've
> heard this posited -- I had a hard believing that, but he claims it with
> some authority. Anyone hear anything like this? My own opinion is that
> we'll see dual-stack for at least a decade or two to come.
That's to say, if you're projecting a particular tipping point in ipv4
vs ipv6 usability then sure that's plausible. there are plenty of
divergent opinions on the subject.
> Frank
>
