Agree. Is misleading the same will be to say that to support IPv4 VPNs, you need to change your routers. Most routers do not support VPNs, but even do, you can create the VPNs directly from the computers that sit inside the LANs.
The same way you can create now IPv6 tunnels, regardless the routers don't support it. That's why we have some of the transition mechanisms ! Regards, Jordi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bound, Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Måns Nilsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Dan Lanciani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 1:35 AM Subject: RE: IPv6 adoption behavior Sorry all these vendors support IPv6 upgrades as part of OS releases: Sun, IBM, HP, Microsoft, Cisco, Juniper, Windriver, and others. Yes some router and embedded systems hardware will require next gen hardware. But to say that IPv6 requires a hardware upgrade is misleading and not true for most boxes deployed in the market today. /jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Måns Nilsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 3:34 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Dan Lanciani > Subject: Re: IPv6 adoption behavior > > > > > --On Monday, October 20, 2003 00:23:04 -0400 Dan Lanciani > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I strongly doubt that IPv6 will be available as a software-only > > upgrade for any but the latest equipment. There is just too little > > incentive for vendors (especially ones who have gone out of > business > > :) to support "legacy" hardware (where "legacy" seems to > mean over six > > months old). > > My SparcStation 4 machines all run v6. They were built around > 1995, iirc. We have a Cisco 7507 router in SUNET, bought > around 1996, which runs v6. > > Do you need more examples? > > -- > Måns Nilsson Systems Specialist > +46 70 681 7204 KTHNOC MN1334-RIPE > > We're sysadmins. To us, data is a protocol-overhead. > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ********************************** Madrid 2003 Global IPv6 Summit Presentations and videos on line at: http://www.ipv6-es.com This electronic message contains information which may be privileged or confidential. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information, including attached files, is prohibited. -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
