> to check and see if this device supports multiple IPv4 addresses and 1:1 NAT. > Unless I'm missing something, it does not. It does have NATPT, but that's not > sufficient.
I always cringe when I see such discussions hinging around what an Internet gateway box "supports". The word "supports" is such a weasel word which makes minor imperfections that are easily fixed seem like major problems. What is "supported" is usually just the set of the features that the manufacturer wants to document and publish. Devices often have unsupported features that work fine so the question of whether or not a feature is "supported" has more to do with whether technically incompetent people will feel comfortable using it. Instead, I think it is better to look at what features *EXIST* for the platform and what subset of those features are IMPLEMENTED. Many Internet gateway boxes are based on an embedded Linux platform, so just about any IPv6 feature that you can imagine EXISTS and whether or not it is implemented is primarily down to the will of the manufacturer. There was a time when RAM capacity was also a limiting issue but I think that time has passed. Nowadays, if an Internet gateway lacks some feature that is widely implemented on Linux, then it is a minor imperfection that should be easy to fix if only people will COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH THE MANUFACTURER, not through the press and Internet mailing lists. Yes, I am aware that not all Internet gateway boxes are based on Linux, but if that creates a barrier to implementing features like IPv6, then the marketplace can sort out that issue. --Michael Dillon _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf