I am for IPV6, I think with e-commerce applications, and because there is a trend to use "internet enabled" devices. I know it would be confusing for system engineers, just when everyone understood IPV4.... I know there are some updated troubleshooting tools, ICMP as well. I think critical mass will push this into reality.
I guess it's just like the story with shipping port workers who do not want to use computerized shipping methods to make the process 4x faster like the rest of shipping ports in the world (Singapore,HK) . I think you can put off technology, but they can't hold it back. Eventually, Mexico will build a larger, better high tech computerized shipping port, and people will complain about jobs going to Mexico. Then the shipping dock will shut down, and we will have all these people laid off complaining. I guess we have to do things the hard way when it comes to technology. If it didn't hurt the US economy and businesses so bad, I would be laughing about it. -----Original Message----- From: Priscilla Oppenheimer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: dumb question IPV6 [7:53712] Brian Zeitz wrote: > > Can anyone give a guess to when IPV6 will be implemented in the > US? > 2007? > > IPv6 is already in use on Internet 2, which is pretty prevalent at universities. More info here: http://www.internet2.edu/html/about.html Other than Internet 2, it's hard to say. Workarounds like NAT and CIDR kind of make IPv6 not necessary, even though NAT is a horrid solution from a technical standpoint. The experts don't agree on when, if ever, the migration to IPv6 should happen. Some attendees at IETF meetings are adament that it's time to plan for the conversion now. Others scoff at the entire idea. Others seem irritated that the problem wasn't fixed with good solutions that were presented almost 10 years ago before the Internet exploded. So, it's fraught with political problems, not just technical. _______________________________ Priscilla Oppenheimer www.troubleshootingnetworks.com www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=53731&t=53712 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
