On Mar 31, 2010, at 1:53 PM, Michael Holstein wrote:
I checked the documentation for two models (Linux model and highest-end non-Linux model), and there's no mention of IPv6.
If this is a strictly "hardware" discussion, v6 "works" on a variety of models, albeit not with stock firmware. To wit : http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/IPv6
This suggests that Cisco (et.al.) can release an "official" firmware image to support v6 on existing devices whenever they're sufficiently motivated to do so. I'd wager the only reason it hasn't been made GA is to limit the number of "pass-the-buck" support calls that start at $isp and get bounced back saying "we don't support that yet, call whoever makes your router".
Not necessarily. dd-wrt lacks the memory expense of the silly web interface that Linksys is oh so fond of implementing in their consumer grade boxen. I suspect that adding features to the Linksys code may be a bit tighter on image and data space than dd-wrt's "stripped down" efficiency.
For cheap access points, we run OpenWRT on something like a 32M/8M WRT54G-TM, and there's never been a problem with memory, even after adding somewhat piggy (for embedded) stuff like ntpd. Of course, the normal platforms are a bit more cramped. It's apparently very easy to add IPv6 to OpenWRT, and you can opt to include or exclude things like a web interface. It's fairly competent and can support things like multi-SSID. Good place to start if you're used to a UNIX shell environment and Linux. Anyways, the point is, a lot of the heavy lifting has already been done to make multiple IPv6 firmwares for many of these devices. ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.