Re: IPv6 on SOHO routers?

On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:06:24 CDT, Frank Bulk - iNAME said:
> Slightly off-topic, but tangentially related that I'll
dare to ask.
> 
> I'm attending an "Emerging Communications"
course where the instructor
> stated that there are SOHO routers that natively
support IPv6, pointing to
> Asia specifically.

Well, of *course* you're more likely to find such SOHO
routers in markets where
a SOHO router owner might actually be able to use the
feature.  But in most
parts of the US, IPv6 support in a SOHO router is right up
there with GOSIP
compliance as far as actual usefulness goes...

On 13/03/2008, at 11:30 AM, Valdis.Kletnieksvt.edu
wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:06:24 CDT, Frank Bulk - iNAME
said:
>> Slightly off-topic, but tangentially related that
I'll dare to ask.
>>
>> I'm attending an "Emerging
Communications" course where the  
>> instructor
>> stated that there are SOHO routers that natively
support IPv6,  
>> pointing to
>> Asia specifically.
>
> Well, of *course* you're more likely to find such SOHO
routers in  
> markets where
> a SOHO router owner might actually be able to use the
feature.  But  
> in most
> parts of the US, IPv6 support in a SOHO router is right
up there  
> with GOSIP
> compliance as far as actual usefulness goes...

Yup.  If you look at the devices claimed to be IPv6 CPE in
Asian
markets, they're inevitably Ethernet-only, to be used on
networks
where the customer is provided with an Ethernet jack in
their home
or apartment complex.

Those of us who use ADSL or (heaven forbid) Cable are kinda
out of luck.
I haven't yet found ADSL2+ CPE that does IPv6 over PPPoE or
PPPoA out
of the box.

(Billion in Taiwan has a device which they've stamped an
"IPv6 Ready"
sticker onto, but the IPv6 version of the software hasn't
left the
confines of their lab yet)

As far as I've been able to determine, IPv6 SOHO CPE is
largely
vaporware right now.  And lets not even get started on
residential
grade CPE, that doesn't even appear to be on most vendors'
radar
_at all_.  If anything useful is going to happen in this
space,
my guess is that it'll be with custom Linux firmware running
on
a LinkSys blob with no vendor support.


   - mark


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