Re: IPv6 news

[Jared Mauch <jared () puck nether net>]

On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 08:36:29PM +0930, Mark Prior wrote:
> It might be "closer" if we turned up IPv6 with Sprint but are they  
> native yet?

        Nope.

http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0405/augmentation.html and 
http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0405/pdf/rockell.pdf

        Although it's dated, I don't believe it's changed (much) at all.

        the added complexity is:

        1) software testing/validation 
                . need to test v6 transport to/from box
                . need to test v6 igp (ospfv3, isis, rip, w00t)
                . need to test v6 ibgp
                . need to test v6 ebgp
        2) added link configuration
                . need to assign a /31 to link and a /126
        3) added network config complexity
                . need to add v6 ibgp and ebgp peers
                . need to validate nobody forgot step #2 in the path
        4) some devices do IPv6 in software, this means using limited
                rotuer cpu resources for something that is done in hw for
                ipv4.
        5) internal policies to make 1-4 happen, including increased
                budgets for IT tools, etc.. require serious commitment
                at large corporations.

        - jared

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