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Re: Microsoft's participation in World IPv6 day
From: Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 09:13:31 -0700
On Jun 3, 2011, at 5:27 AM, fredrik danerklint wrote:
The problem is not all on Microsoft at this case. For example; I've bought a ZyXEL P-2612HNU-F1(which has 802.11n Wireless ADSL 2+ 4-port gateway 2 SIP 2 USB 3G Backup) in december 2010. It basiclly has everything in it.
OK...
How do I as a customer do to have a working IPv6 setup on this modem since ZyXEL, basicilly, has decide that it will not support IPv6 at all?
You don't. However, that's not the issue. All you need to do is make sure that your Micr0$0ft boxes don't think they have working IPv6 behind your ZyXEL and you're fine for now. Of course, if your home gateway vendor has decided that they will absolutely not support IPv6, then, it's time to get a new home gateway.
I mean, you can not say it does not have the the cpu power for handling IPv6 when it can also act as a fileserver and a printserver for example.
True, but, it may not have the flash or RAM to handle the job.
What they (ZyXEL) are saying to me (for not haveing IPv6 at this moment) is that they don't have the skills to implement IPv6 in their current products.
I would let them know that they are overdue for developing this skill set and better get cracking if I were their customer.
Think about all the CPE that will not be upgraded, since those that makes them don't care at all, even tough it probably has the cpu power to handle IPv6.
I think part of the point of W6D is to identify these and raise awareness among the users of such devices that a vital upgrade is in their near future. By just hotwiring past the IPv6 issues, Micr0$0ft is removing this opportunity.
And I haven't even started at the network equiment that exists between me as a ISP and my customer (this equiment is out of my control), that can't handle IPv6 even if my customer got an working CPE with IPv6.
That's what solutions like 6rd and 6in4 are intended for.
How fun is that?
There are many things that are fun in this industry. The next couple of years are definitely going to be interesting. Owen
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2533454/ Uh... -Bill-- //fredan
Current thread:
- Re: Why no IPv6-only day (Was: Protocol-41 is not the only tunneling protocol), (continued)
- Re: Why no IPv6-only day (Was: Protocol-41 is not the only tunneling protocol) Mark Andrews (Jun 07)
- Re: Why no IPv6-only day (Was: Protocol-41 is not the only tunneling protocol) Neil Harris (Jun 07)
- Re: Protocol-41 is not the only tunneling protocol (Re: Microsoft's participation in World IPv6 day) Jeroen van Aart (Jun 06)
- Re: Protocol-41 is not the only tunneling protocol (Re: Microsoft's participation in World IPv6 day) Owen DeLong (Jun 06)
- RE: Microsoft's participation in World IPv6 day Frank Bulk (Jun 03)
- Re: Microsoft's participation in World IPv6 day Jared Mauch (Jun 03)
- Re: Microsoft's participation in World IPv6 day Valdis . Kletnieks (Jun 03)
- Re: Microsoft's participation in World IPv6 day Joel Jaeggli (Jun 03)
- Re: Microsoft's participation in World IPv6 day Jeroen Massar (Jun 03)
- Re: Microsoft's participation in World IPv6 day Owen DeLong (Jun 03)
- RE: Microsoft's participation in World IPv6 day Frank Bulk (Jun 03)
- Re: Microsoft's participation in World IPv6 day fredrik danerklint (Jun 07)
- RE: Microsoft's participation in World IPv6 day Frank Bulk (Jun 07)
- Re: Microsoft's participation in World IPv6 day Daniel Roesen (Jun 08)
- Re: Microsoft's participation in World IPv6 day Valdis . Kletnieks (Jun 03)
- Re: Microsoft's participation in World IPv6 day Tony McCrory (Jun 03)