Comments on: IPv6 finally rolling out on the internet! http://saunderslog.com/2008/02/04/ipv6-finally-rolling-out-on-the-internet/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:48:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Derek Morr http://saunderslog.com/2008/02/04/ipv6-finally-rolling-out-on-the-internet/#comment-566314 Derek Morr Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:23:57 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2008/02/04/ipv6-finally-rolling-out-on-the-internet/#comment-566314 I don't buy the argument that equipment replacement will prevent IPv6 rollout. We already need to regularly replace equipment. Core routers need to be replaced with newer, faster models with greater memory. Switches need to be replaced with faster models. Wireless access points get replaced with faster versions, etc. The same applies to software. A lot of software already supports IPv6. If the version you're running doesn't, it's likely a future version will. In many cases, IPv6 support can be gained during these regular equipment replacement cycles. I don’t buy the argument that equipment replacement will prevent IPv6 rollout. We already need to regularly replace equipment. Core routers need to be replaced with newer, faster models with greater memory. Switches need to be replaced with faster models. Wireless access points get replaced with faster versions, etc.

The same applies to software. A lot of software already supports IPv6. If the version you’re running doesn’t, it’s likely a future version will.

In many cases, IPv6 support can be gained during these regular equipment replacement cycles.

]]> By: Frank Miller http://saunderslog.com/2008/02/04/ipv6-finally-rolling-out-on-the-internet/#comment-566181 Frank Miller Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:53:46 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2008/02/04/ipv6-finally-rolling-out-on-the-internet/#comment-566181 If I had a dime for every time I've heard, "IPv6 is coming..." The problems that IPv6 was originally designed for were solved by NAT. Yes NAT is a pain, but not insurmountable. The same force you quoted, the need to replace mountains of existing networking equipment, is also the force that is preventing this technology from being adopted. IPv6 is just not differentiated enough for the market to toss its existing investment. If I had a dime for every time I’ve heard, “IPv6 is coming…”

The problems that IPv6 was originally designed for were solved by NAT. Yes NAT is a pain, but not insurmountable. The same force you quoted, the need to replace mountains of existing networking equipment, is also the force that is preventing this technology from being adopted.

IPv6 is just not differentiated enough for the market to toss its existing investment.

]]> By: Avi Flax http://saunderslog.com/2008/02/04/ipv6-finally-rolling-out-on-the-internet/#comment-565762 Avi Flax Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:54:02 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2008/02/04/ipv6-finally-rolling-out-on-the-internet/#comment-565762 Apple's Airport Extreme and Time Capsule products support IPv6. Apple’s Airport Extreme and Time Capsule products support IPv6.

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