[LINK] IPv6 doomed

[Frank O'Connor]

Mmmm,

Good pick-up.

IPv6 has a number of other advantages over IPv4, other than address space.

				Regards,

At 12:41 PM +1000 24/8/08, Richard Chirgwin wrote:
>Howard Lowndes wrote:
>>  David Boxall wrote:
>>  
>>>  <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/83058,ipv6-doomed-requires-act-of-god.aspx>
>>>    
>>>>  ISPs and carriers have spectacularly failed with IPv6, to the point
>>>>  where they need to resurrect network address translation (NATs) to
>>>>  persist with IPv4, a leading expert has warned.
>>>>      
>>>  ...
>>>    
>>>>  It is anticipated IPv4 address allocation could now run out as early
>>>>  as January 2009 - particularly as sectors of the industry resort to
>>>>  'panic buying' of addresses as the shortage looms, according to Huston.
>>>>
>>>>  "When the IPv4 supply runs out, you're going to have to pay [to get
>>>>  addresses], and after another ten years the price is going be
>>>>  amazing," said Huston.
>>>>      
>>
>>  I think before we start blaming the ISPs and carriers we should be
>>  pointing the bone at the gateway commodity manufacturers.  Can you think
>>  of any ADSL gateway box that does IPv6 natively, let alone have the
>>  ability to configure for IPv6.  Let's face it. most of these boxes are
>>  still running Linux 2.4.x
>>  
>At the same conference as Geoff Houston spoke to, someone from Equinix
>recounted his personal experiment: "Can I connect to v6 as a home user?"
>- regarding the gateway situation, he was only able to identify a tiny
>handful of suitable boxes. He also couldn't get a consumer connection,
>and many of the v4-v6 gateway services he tried simply didn't work.
>
>And don't get me started on the misguided pitches that have infested the
>IPv6 debate for most of its ten years... at least Geoff H is a hard-head
>and isn't babbling about connected refrigerators as if it were a
>credible business pitch.
>
>RC
>
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