With RA, what is the smallest interval failover will work? Compare that with NHRP such as HSRP, VRRP, etc with sub-second failover. In corporate networks most of the non-client systems will be statically addressed with privacy addresses turned off. This is for regulatory, audit, security and monitoring requirement. One of the many challenges of ipv6 in a corporate environment. ---- Matthew Huff | 1 Manhattanville Rd Director of Operations | Purchase, NY 10577 OTA Management LLC | Phone: 914-460-4039
-----Original Message----- From: Lee Howard [mailto:Lee@asgard.org] Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 8:25 AM To: Jamie Bowden; Owen DeLong; ml@kenweb.org Cc: North American Network Operators' Group Subject: Re: turning on comcast v6
On 12/20/13 8:07 AM, "Jamie Bowden" <jamie@photon.com> wrote:
"Parity" isn't enough information; what features are missing? RA is part of IPv6, but you don't have to use SLAAC. I'd say it's the DHC people who need to hear it, not the IPv6 people, but YMMV.
I have a question. Why does DHCP hand out router, net mask, broadcast address, etc. in IPv4; why don't we all just use RIP and be done with it?
You don't have to like how enterprise networks are built, but you better acknowledge that they are their own animal that have their own needs and drivers, and telling them that the way their networks are built are wrong and they need to change their whole architecture, separation of service, security model, etc. to fit your idea of perfection isn't winning friends. You are, however, influencing people. Perhaps not in the manner you intended.
So there's an interesting question. You suggest there's a disagreement between enterprise network operators and protocol designers. Who should change?
I used to run an enterprise network. It was very different from an ISP network. I didn't say, "You're wrong!" I said, "What's missing?"
There are business reasons to run IPv6. The fact that it's different than IPv4 is not a reason not to use it.
Lee
Jamie