On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 01:32:42PM -0400, Daniel Golding wrote: > These are two seperate issues. One is, should you base your hardware choice > on V6 support? The other is, will there be a mass rollout of v6 in the > 2004-2005 time frame?
If you are selecting a new core router today, I would base it on support for v6. That won't be the only thing, but one should keep it in mind as you select a router/vendor. Make sure they haven't lost sight of all the emerging technologies you may need/want to run in the next 2-3 years. > The first issue is specific to your network, but I suspect it's a low > priority for most. As far as a mass rollout of v6 - I'm not holding my > breath, 3G or not. I suspect that v4 is here until we run out of address > space, and from all indications, that is not happening any time soon. > > Foundry, in particular, has always tended to be very customer-driven in > their feature sets. I suspect any support for IPv6 on their platform would > be greatly dependent on customer requirements. - Jared > > Thanks, > > - Daniel Golding > > > > Phil Rosenthal Said.... > > Yes, I don't think we need it 'right now'. My concern is that at this > > point many companies are still buying routers that as of today have no > > support for IPv6. Given that a BigIron/65xx is mostly hardware > > forwarding, I speculate that they wont be able to support IPv6 with a > > trivial software upgrade (at least not at the same performance level). > > So, is someone buying such equipment today 'wasting money' since it will > > be completely obsolete with the onset of mass IPv6 roll-out likely in > > 2004 or 2005? > > > > --Phil > > -- Jared Mauch | pgp key available via finger from [EMAIL PROTECTED] clue++; | http://puck.nether.net/~jared/ My statements are only mine.