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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: IPv6
> Nearly every customer of mine has required IPv6 in their RFPs for over a > year, but not a single one has turned it on even for testing. Agreed. Similar experience over here. > > Once it's a product, I think you'll see some people > > buying it... > > You mean once Windows has it enabled by default, people will > start using it. > IMHO, the only chance IPv6 has of widespread US deployment is if it can > happen without end users knowing they're using IPv6. Windows customers will not notice it once they can accept DHCP'd IPV6 addresses and their provider does 6to4 mapping and what not. > Unfortunately vendor C still ships nearly all of its L3 switches and core > routers with forwarding engines that don't grok IPv6 packets, even if said > vendor has supported IPv6 in software for several years now. Vendor C wants you to upgrade to new hardware-level IPV6 ASICs once demand is high enough. And then a new + verison once you need wirespeed. :) Deepak Jain AiNET
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