Assigning IPv6 /48's to CPE's?

Mon Jan 7 23:22:44 UTC 2008

John Dupuy wrote:
> 
>>> I want to be wrong about that. Seriously. Send me a link to one. I want
>>> to be wrong. (And by residential, I mean a CPE/router/firewall that
>>> costs
>>> less than $150US.)
>>>     
>>
>> http://buffalo.jp/products/catalog/network/wzr-ampg300nh/
>>
>> http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/
>>
>> Any device with a docsis 3.0 cable modem embedded in it (Scientific
>> atlanta/cisco DRG2800 for example)
>>
>> probably more now that CES is going on right now.
>>
>>   
> 
> Thanks for the links. I'll have to investigate the airport extreme's
> IPv6 support. At a $180 it's at the extreme price end for resi, but it's
> closer.
> 
> Do you know of a north american vendor for the ampg300nh? I don't know
> Japanese, so I could not glean it from the page.

There's currently an injunction preventing buffalo from selling wireless
technology in north america. Win lose or settle it seems likely that
they'll be back on the shelf at fry's eventually.

http://www.buffalotech.com/press/releases/buffalo-issues-a-statement-about-the-csiro-appeal/

The odms that make these things work of a common pile of components
(from broadcom marvell atmel etc) includings software so it's only a
matter of time before you see the same features in other products.

> Not that familiar with the cable modems as we are a dsl CLEC, but it's
> good to see resi cpes with IPv6.
> 
> John
> 