IPv6 mistakes, was: Re: Looking for an IPv6 naysayer...

Thu Feb 17 17:48:35 UTC 2011

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 9:46 AM, George Bonser <gbonser at seven.com> wrote:
>> If you want to go on a wild goose chase, start chasing down 240/4 and
>> you might make some progress.
>>
>> As i have mentioned before, it was only after i gave up on 240/4 for
>> private network numbering that i really earnestly took on IPv6-only as
>> a strategy.  Seeing 240/4 actually work would be nice, but i have
>> already concluded it does not fit my exhaustion timeline given how
>> many edge devices will never support it.
>>
>> If i have to fork lift, it should be for ipv6.
>
> 240/4 has been enabled in Linux since 2.6.25 (applied on January 21,
> 2008 by David Miller) so that's like three years already.
>

Yep, and that's great.  Let me know when a Cisco 7600 will route a
packet like this.

Cameron