The idea was to observe and measure an (almost) all IPv4 network and its management/infrastructure costs, namely the one we got, not an IPv6 one, before the transition starts to muddy the waters significantly.
-b On October 22, 2010 at 18:03 bmann...@vacation.karoshi.com (bmann...@vacation.karoshi.com) wrote: > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 01:28:24PM -0400, Barry Shein wrote: > > > > It occurs to me that there is some pressing need to investigate this > > all-IPv6 internet -- motivated by the cost of (not) maintaining IPv4 > > forever. > > > > Right now we can observe essentially an all-IPv4 internet (99%, > > whatever.) > > > > -- > > -Barry Shein > > > For this, you need to leave the comfort of NANOG and look > at the CERNnet network over the past ten years. They have > been running a large, all IPv6 network for some time now. > > > > http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/Cannes-19148-IPv6-development-China-Outline-Efforts-CERNET-History-Testbed-1-2-3-4-5-Next-Generation-Inter-in-as-Entertainment-ppt-powerpoint/ > > www.cs.princeton.edu/~yiwang/papers/iscc05.pdf > > http://www.cernet2.edu.cn/en/char.htm > > > --bill -- -Barry Shein The World | b...@theworld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 800-THE-WRLD | Dial-Up: US, PR, Canada Software Tool & Die | Public Access Internet | SINCE 1989 *oo*
