>> With IPv6 growing, if we were to design a native IPv6 router, with >> IPv4 functionality thrown in, then is it possible to design a more >> optimal IPv6 router, than what exists today? > > OK, I'll bite. What would qualify as a "native IPv6" router? Is this > another concept as silly as "hardware vs software based" routers?
Join them and create a router where IPv6 is ASIC-forwarded and IPv4 gets to use a CPU. Market perspectives for such a product are very shy, but would fit the description. Rubens