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Re: Remember "Internet-In-A-Box"?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Satchell)
Thu Jul 16 02:02:56 2015

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Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 23:02:14 -0700
From: Stephen Satchell <list@satchell.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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On 07/15/2015 07:32 PM, Mark Andrews wrote:
> None of which is the fault of the protocol.  Blame the equipement vendors
> for being negligent.

I'm sorry, it is just me?  Or is the issue before us to fix the PROBLEM 
and not fix the BLAME?  Pointing fingers isn't going to help get us to 
widespread IPv6 use.

>> Go to any business with hardware that is 3-5 years old in its IT
>> infrastructure and devices ranging from PCs running XP to the
>> random consumer gear people bring in (cameras, printers, tablets,
>> etc.) and see how easy it is to get everything talking on an
>> IPv6-only (no IPv4 at all) network... including using IPv6 to do
>> automatic updates and all the other pieces that need to work. We're
>> nowhere near ready for that.

So, what is the SOLUTION, or the start of a SOLUTION?



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