Optimal IPv6 router

Rubens Kuhl rubensk at gmail.com
Mon Feb 6 11:07:58 UTC 2012


>> With IPv6 growing, if we were to design a native IPv6 router, with
>> IPv4 functionality thrown in, then is it possible to design a more
>> optimal IPv6 router, than what exists today?
>
> OK, I'll bite.  What would qualify as a "native IPv6" router?  Is this
> another concept as silly as "hardware vs software based" routers?

Join them and create a router where IPv6 is ASIC-forwarded and IPv4
gets to use a CPU. Market perspectives for such a product are very
shy, but would fit the description.


Rubens




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