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Re: T-Mobile IPv6 Beta
From: Cameron Byrne <cb.list6 () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 07:07:05 -0700
On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 3:28 AM, Daniel Richards <kyhwana () gmail com> wrote:
I believe Android 2.1 (And reportedly Apples iOS 4) do ipv6. Android 2.1 certainly works out of the box. I have a HTC Desire that just worked with my IPv6 setup at home. (DHCPv6 from my ISP to my Cisco 877 and then over wifi to the Desire.)
It is also my understanding that the latest Android and and iOS4 support IPv6, but only via the WiFi interface. The Nokia Symbians phones are the only ones that I know of that can do native IPv6-only. As Mikael pointed out, this is important. The Nokia Maemo N900 can do dual-stack, but it is "beta" and requires a fairly easy kernel upgrade .... but more development is going into it all the time and it is generally a very good device for the developer types. I consider the the Symbian phones as well as the applications in their Ovi App store to be real IPv6 production quality, they are mature and stable. You can go to the store and buy these phones off the shelf and ipv6 just works (assuming your carrier did not lock out those features). Nokia is way head of the curve on IPv6 and they should be recognized as such. It's nice to see Android and iOS bring IPv6 to WiFi as a first step, but they need to keep going. Here is a short thread on the Android IPv6 issue, it is really Qualcomm's issue at this point http://tinyurl.com/28nttno Cameron
On 1/08/2010 9:46 a.m., Cameron Byrne wrote:Folks, T-Mobile USA has launched an IPv6 beta service and we are interested in recruiting some friendly users as part of this trial service. Right now, the service is only for T-Mobile USA subscribers in T-Mobile USA coverage (no roaming) and only Nokia phones are supported. For more info and discussion, please visit our group page http://groups.google.com/group/tmoipv6beta Thanks, Cameron
Current thread:
- Re: T-Mobile IPv6 Beta Daniel Richards (Aug 01)
- Re: T-Mobile IPv6 Beta Cameron Byrne (Aug 01)