ISP customer assignments

Wed Oct 14 05:59:19 UTC 2009

Ok, I've decided to do this a different way to my usual ranting.  
Instead of explaining the options over and over and hoping people can  
make sense of the complexities of it, become experts, and make good  
informed decisions, I've made a flow chart. Feel free to ask about  
details and I can get in to the ranting part, this is really a place  
to start.

Right now it assumes people only provide DSL or other dynamic sort of  
services.
It also assumes DS-Lite people are insane, so probably need better  
language there.
Also the first question is not necessarily about who you are, but who  
is driving the IPv6 'build' - which is why native, 6rd and ds-lite are  
not appropriate for the customer-driven side. I hope that makes sense.
No talk about ISATAP and stuff for inside the customer network either.  
And before you ask no ISATAP is not appropriate for ISPs, doesn't work  
through NAT.

Anyway:
- 6RD is used by free.fr. Not widely implemented by anyone yet.
- DS-Lite is something some guys at Comcast and others are talking  
about. Not widely implemented by anyone yet.
- The rest you can figure out from wikipedia and stuff.

Please email me with any corrections, complaints, or threats if you're  
a DS-Lite fan. I'll always keep old versions in this directory, and  
the latest version will always have this filename, so please link to  
it instead of copying it, etc. etc.:

http://www.braintrust.co.nz/resources/ipv6_flow_chart/ipv6_flow_chart-current.pdf

On 13/10/2009, at 11:26 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote:

> Nathan Ward, please stand up.
>
>
>
> Adrian
>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009, TJ wrote:
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Justin
>> To go along with Dan's query from above, what are the preferred  
>> methods
>> that other SPs are using to deploy IPv6 with non-IPv6-capable edge
>> hardware?  We too have a very limited number of dialup customers and
>> will never sink another dollar in the product.  Unfortunately I also
>> have brand-new ADSL2+ hardware that doesn't support IPv6 and  
>> according
>> to the vendors (Pannaway) never will.  We also have CMTSs that don't
>> support IPv6, even though they too are brand-new.  Those CMTSs top  
>> out
>> at DOCSIS 2.0 and the vendor decided not to allow IPv6 to the CPEs
>> regardless of the underlying CM's IPv6 support or lack thereof (like
>> Cisco allowed for example).  Are providers implementing tunneling
>> solutions?  Pros/cons of the various solutions?
>>
>>
>>> My first (potentially ignorant) response would be to get your  
>>> acquisitions
>>
>>> people aligned with your business, and by that I mean they should be
>> making
>>> a concerted effort to only buy IPv6 capable gear, especially when  
>>> IPv6 is
>>
>>> coming to you within that gears lifecycle.
>>> I guess your customers will need to tunnel, as long as you give  
>>> them a
>> public
>>> IP they have 6to4 (and possibly Teredo, tunnel broker) - but  
>>> native is
>> better.
>>
>>
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