Remember "Internet-In-A-Box"?

Tue Jul 14 23:57:00 UTC 2015

> On Jul 14, 2015, at 4:46 PM, Stephen Satchell <list at satchell.net> wrote:
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> This goes back a number of years.  There was a product that literally was a cardboard box that contained everything one needed to get started on the Internet.  Just add a modem and a computer, and you were on your way.  No fuss, no "learning curve”.

MCI (way back, original MCI when I worked there) had “MCI One” that was similar with bundled voice/internet/etc, may be what you’re thinking of or not…

> I'm beginning to think that someone needs to create a similar product, but for IPv6 internet.  The Internet service providers would provide the same sort of kit to get people started.  Just add a CSU/DSU (like a cable modem) and a computer, and you are on your way.
> 
> Also, I think we need a *real* book called "IPv6 for Dummies" (maybe even published by IDG Books) that walks through all the beginner stuff.  There's beginner stuff that I've seen by using a search engine; a dead-tree book, though, may well be better for Joe Average.

While I don’t disagree on a dummy package so to speak, I spent *years* explaining IPv4 to my mother, to no avail, so I highly doubt anyone can explain IPv6 to anyone outside of this (NANOG) group with any certainty, even if  you call it “IPv6 for Dummies.” The “bundle” that you are talking about would have to be *literally* plug-n-play such that the end user would have no idea that it was IPv6 vs. IPv4 vs. any-other-IPv-anything. 

> Just my pair-o-pennies(tm)

Just my opinion after 25+ years of doing this stuff and trying to explain what I (or we) do to family/friends/etc.

-b