Readiness for IPV6

Tue Jul 9 17:44:19 UTC 2002

On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 01:32:42PM -0400, Daniel Golding wrote:
> These are two seperate issues. One is, should you base your hardware choice
> on V6 support? The other is, will there be a mass rollout of v6 in the
> 2004-2005 time frame?

	If you are selecting a new core router today, I would base it on
support for v6.  That won't be the only thing, but one should keep it in
mind as you select a router/vendor.  Make sure they haven't lost sight
of all the emerging technologies you may need/want to run in the
next 2-3 years.

> The first issue is specific to your network, but I suspect it's a low
> priority for most. As far as a mass rollout of v6 - I'm not holding my
> breath, 3G or not. I suspect that v4 is here until we run out of address
> space, and from all indications, that is not happening any time soon.
> 
> Foundry, in particular, has always tended to be very customer-driven in
> their feature sets. I suspect any support for IPv6 on their platform would
> be greatly dependent on customer requirements.

	- Jared

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> - Daniel Golding
> 
> 
> > Phil Rosenthal Said....
> > Yes, I don't think we need it 'right now'. My concern is that at this
> > point many companies are still buying routers that as of today have no
> > support for IPv6.  Given that a BigIron/65xx is mostly hardware
> > forwarding, I speculate that they wont be able to support IPv6 with a
> > trivial software upgrade (at least not at the same performance level).
> > So, is someone buying such equipment today 'wasting money' since it will
> > be completely obsolete with the onset of mass IPv6 roll-out likely in
> > 2004 or 2005?
> >
> > --Phil
> >

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