IPv6 on SOHO routers?

Wed Mar 12 20:22:09 UTC 2008

Frank Bulk - iNAME wrote:
> Slightly off-topic, but tangentially related that I'll dare to ask.
> 
> I'm attending an "Emerging Communications" course where the instructor
> stated that there are SOHO routers that natively support IPv6, pointing to
> Asia specifically.
> 
> Do Linksys, D-Link, Netgear, etc. have such software for the Asian markets?

Get yourself a copy of ipv6style magazine.

http://www.ipv6style.jp

The answer is yes.

> Furthermore, he stated that networking equipment companies like Cisco will
> be moving away from IPv4 in 5 years or so.  This is the first time I've
> heard this posited -- I had a hard believing that, but he claims it with
> some authority.  Anyone hear anything like this?  My own opinion is that
> we'll see dual-stack for at least a decade or two to come.

That's to say, if you're projecting a particular tipping point in ipv4 
vs ipv6 usability then sure that's plausible. there are plenty of 
divergent opinions on the subject.

> Frank
> 