On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 10:01 PM Valdis Klētnieks <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote:
On Wed, 29 Sep 2021 16:09:26 -0400, Victor Kuarsingh said:
- Both providers provide IPv6 and delegate a prefix to the router (let's pretend the retail staff knew enough to sell this person a consumer box with 2x WAN interfaces)
Just to make it clear, I would love it all to work really well and by default. But I also look at the reality and don't over estimate how proficient consumers will be.
So... do such boxes exist in any great quantity?
Not in great quantity. But for the fun of it, I ran down to the local BestBuy recently and they offered me a dual WAN router (only one type) in stock. So, I guess sufficient supply?
Do consumers who can't add a valid number after 'IPv' accidentally contract for Internet service from two different providers often? Do they intentionally do that often?
Likely not accidentally, but the router they showed me (will not say what brand on this list) showed a "WAN" and "WAN/DMZ" port, so just as clear as any other port markings for consumer grade connections.
It sounds like a sufficiently rare situation that "clueless lawyer/whatever hires somebody with clue for 2 hours work to configure it all" is a reasonable solution.
Yes, I suspect that may happen. How many clueful IPv6 folks do we suspect service this market which are available at a cost most will be willing to pay? regards, Victor K