In message <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102091459200.15471@murf.icantclick.org>, david rai strick writes:
On Wed, 9 Feb 2011, Jens Link wrote:
Scott Helms <khelms@ispalliance.net> writes:
IPv6 for some ISPs will be extraordinarily painful because of legacy layer 2 gear
I don't feel sorry for them. We know that IPv6 is coming for how long? 15years? 10year? 5years? Well if you only read the mainstream media you
And at what point during that time did they have any vendor gear they could purchase that -would- support v6? At -best- during the last 5 years, but I'd put money on that even today they can't purchase gear with adequate v6 support.
And who's fault is that? The ISP's and the vendors. The ISP's could have been requesting IPv6 support. The ISP's could have been running trials and providing feedback to the vendors. The vendors could have asked the ISP's to trail their IPv6 products. We have been saying for years "make sure you are ready". That means buying and testing equipment. Lots of those that tested went on to production years ago. As a vendor we like feedback on our products, good or bad. It's hard to work in a vacuum. -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: marka@isc.org