Thank You for responding. If mid to small companies have equipment made in the last 7 years, they will not need to replace equipment. Most net admins at the mid to small companies have no idea about IPV6. Cost is a major consideration at the mid to small size companies, if they need to upgrade equipment. The difference between IPV4 and IPV6 for someone not familiar is huge, 1. There is a totally new format dotted decimal to colon. 2. The 32 bit to 128 bit is/or can be quite challenging for some net admins.
Thank You -----Original Message----- From: christopher.mor...@gmail.com [mailto:christopher.mor...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Morrow Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 10:14 AM To: Edward Arthurs Cc: nanog list Subject: Re: Ars Technica on IPv4 exhaustion On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Edward Arthurs <earth...@legacyinmate.com> wrote: > There are several obstacles to overcome, IMHO 1. The companies at the > mid size and smaller levels have to invest in newer equipment that > handles IPV6. if they have gear made in the last 7yrs it's likely already got the right bits for v6 support, right? > 2. The network Admins at the above mentioned companies need to learn > IPV6, most will want there company to pay the bill for this. for a large majority of the use cases it's just "configure that other family on the interface" and done. > 3. The vendors that make said equipment should lower the cost of said > equipment to prompt said companies into purchasing said equipment. the equipment in question does both v4 and v6 ... so why lower pricing? (also, see 'if made in the last 7 yrs, it's already done and you probably don't have to upgrade') > There is a huge difference between IPV4 and IPV6 and there will be a > lot of 'huge difference' ... pls quantify this. (unless you just mean colons instead of periods and letters in the address along with numbers)
