[137357] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPv6 is on the marketers radar
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fred Baker)
Fri Feb 11 15:45:03 2011
From: Fred Baker <fred@cisco.com>
In-Reply-To: <33020353.1007.1297454809458.JavaMail.franck@franck-martins-macbook-pro.local>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:43:56 -0800
To: Franck Martin <franck@genius.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Feb 11, 2011, at 12:21 PM, Franck Martin wrote:
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> I can hear people, say oh no....=20
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> Interesting to see that marketers do not like CGNAT.=20
They missed an important point.
> Who Will Be Impacted: For more consumers, there will be negligible =
impact. "The ISPs will be handling much of this,=94 said Leo Vegoda, a =
researcher with ICANN. (via TechNewsWorld). Some technology users may =
experience some glitches, such as people using VPN software to connect =
with their offices or users of point-to-point software such as Skype, he =
adds.
Anyone that uses a residential router (Linksys, D-Link, Netgear, etc) is =
likely to need to upgrade that, most likely by buying a new one. Set-top =
boxes are generally IPv4; anyone with a TV is likely to need to upgrade =
at least the software. Skype is not yet IPv6-capable, and will need one =
an update. "The ISPs will take care of this" is a really empty hope. The =
ISPs will take care of their part, but users should expect that there =
will be things jiggling over the coming couple of years.=