[131035] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Definitive Guide to IPv6 adoption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Tue Oct 19 14:04:17 2010
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.2.00.1010191321070.3597@hermes-2.csi.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:03:30 -0700
To: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Oct 19, 2010, at 5:21 AM, Tony Finch wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Oct 2010, Owen DeLong wrote:
>>=20
>> There are advantages to being able to use 16 bits to build various =
forms
>> of hierarchical topology on a dynamic basis within a SOHO =
environment.
>> If we reduce that to 8 bits, we will block innovations that are
>> currently underway in this space.
>=20
> Can you give us some examples of these innovations that are currently
> underway?
>=20
I have, and, Tony Hain does a better job, but, here goes:
Imagine any or all of the following possibilities:
Sensor networks within appliances with the appliance acting as a =
router
Each home entertainment center is a collection of networked =
components
with a router fronting each center.
Kids networks with different filtration and security policies =
from those used by
the adults in the house.
Guest wireless networks.
Groceries coming with RFID tags that your refrigerator and =
cabinets can use
to identify their contents. A web server embedded in =
your kitchen router
that fronts these networks can be queried from your cell =
phone while you
are at the store to find out what you are running low on =
in real time.
I'm sure there are more, but, these are things that could be done =
relatively easily
with existing technology.
Owen
