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> On Fri, 17 May 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > perhaps better late than never... PAIX & LINX both
> > have IPv6 capabilities at/on the exchange fabric(s).
> > I am not aware that Equinix has taken that step.
>
> Uhm, another dumb question.
>
> Why does the operator of a layer 2 exchange care (or know) what
> protocols your are using? IPv4, IPv6, heck I remember seeing
> Appletalk, OSI and DECNET on MAE-EAST. What consenting network
> operators do....
>
> What step does Equinix (or any other layer 2 exchange) need to do?
> The ATM NAPs might have an issue due to ATM/ARP, but even then I suspect
> two consenting network operators could use static IPv6 ARP tables
> without the NAP operator doing anything.
Two things:
IPv6 can and does take advantage of larger MTU sizes. Selection
of switch fabric makes a difference.
Often, participants expect to have an IP address assigned for their
use on an exchange. Usually these delegations are from a common
block. Where they are not, its hard to tell an exchange from a
bunch of point2point links. LINX and PAIX have IPv6 prefixes that
participants can use.
I would expect that if the Equinix exchange participants were IPv6
hungry, they would ask for a way to get a v6 address for their
connection. And I would expect Equinix would find a way to accomodate
them.
Otherwise you are correct, the operators don't have to coordinate
at all, except on a bilateral basis and then.... whats the point of
the exchange? :)
