The Choice: IPv4 Exhaustion or Transition to IPv6

Fri Jun 29 13:46:48 UTC 2007

On Jun 29, 2007, at 4:51 AM, Andy Davidson wrote:

> I'm not saying that v6 should be binned in favour of turning off  
> the internet when we run out of v4, but this is a non-exhaustive  
> list of projects we all should be undertaking.  Is everyone on the  
> list working through their own list ?  I'd wager not.

And you don't need to be pushing this to customers immediately to be  
getting ready. As discussed at NANOG37, Comcast is pushing out IPv6  
initially to manage cable modems and set-top boxes (http:// 
www.nanog.org/mtg-0606/durand.html). While this doesn't benefit  
customers directly, it gets the routing environment set up to handle  
IPv6, it gets the operational staff up to speed, and lays the  
groundwork and infrastructure for when consumer IPv6 is more of a  
reality.

Bob