Readiness for IPV6

Tue Jul 9 13:17:20 UTC 2002

* simon at limmat.switch.ch (Simon Leinen) [Tue 09 Jul 2002, 10:51 CEST]:
> An interesting question is what it would take to support IPv6 on
> appliance-like routers such as IP-over-Cable or -xDSL CPE.  In the
> retail space I actually see some interest in running IPv6, because it
> makes it much more feasible to operate a small network at home, and I
> have the impression that home users now lead enterprises in terms of
> IPv6-enabled OS deployment (Windows XP and Linux in particular).

It would also be nice if operators with end users started offering
native multicast.  Although the AMS-IX multicast initiative started
off with lots of enthusiasm, two years later it seems to have died
almost completely.

Back to the subject of IPv6: One operator here in The Netherlands (60K+
ADSL customers, I think) operates a tunnel broker for its customers and
hands out a /60 prefix on request.  I heard it recently enabled its
400th customer IPv6 tunnel.

	-- Niels.