[112173] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: IPv6 Confusion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Frank Bulk)
Thu Feb 19 22:15:55 2009
From: "Frank Bulk" <frnkblk@iname.com>
To: "'Jack Bates'" <jbates@brightok.net>
In-Reply-To: <499D61B7.1080000@brightok.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:15:41 -0600
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
I probably tied CPE to NAT together in my mind....if I peel NAT out from =
what these CPE are doing, perhaps a PPPoE/A environment is the only =
place a L3 CPE will be needed with IPv6 anymore. FTTH, BWA, RFC =
1483/RBE, and cable modems can bridge at L2 and each customer host can =
each have their own IPv6 address.
Frank
-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Bates [mailto:jbates@brightok.net]=20
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:42 AM
To: Frank Bulk
Cc: 'Brandon Galbraith'; nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: IPv6 Confusion
Frank Bulk wrote:
> Considering that the only real IPv6-ready CPE at your favorite N.A. =
electronics store is Apple's AirPort, it seems to me that it will be =
several years before the majority (50% plus 1) of our respective =
customer bases has IPv6-ready or dual-stack equipment.
On the other hand, a majority of the routers purchased are for wireless
connectivity, followed quickly by the necessity for multiple computers
sharing a common subnet. Security and firewalls are not something most
end users attribute to routers, but instead to their host based =
solutions.
As such, I have no problem with pointing out that they can have 4.3
billion squared devices sitting off a cheap switch; all sharing the same
subnet. Of course, wireless peeps will either have to use wireless
bridges or have supported routers. Really, the AirPort is pretty stable
and functional as a wireless AP. Most say it's worth the extra $$$.
-Jack
