Still IP6 support on a product now will allow us to build networks that can scale way better I have a places where ipv6 would be great even now.
In our wisp setup it would be very convenient to use ipv6 for intersite transport instead of nat and ipv4 I know it is a big one to take on but it would be a great feature set to ave Just two cents worth > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Buechler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 31 August 2005 19:37 > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [pfSense-discussion] IPv6 support on pfSense > > On 8/31/05, Scott Ullrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > From my experience the US Government does very poorly about dictating > > emerging standards. > > > > yeah, not to mention I'd bet the chances of this actually happening on > time at every agency are about one in a trillion. We could list > thousands of examples... that's just the nature of any government. > > What will make the switch to IPv6 happen is when IPv4 addresses are so > scarce that providers will have to start charging a substantial amount > of money per IP. If a home user has to pay an extra $25/month or > something for "one of them thar IPv4 addresses", they're going to do > whatever they have to for getting IPv6 and avoiding that cost. The > free market drives what happens. And with NAT, even though it's a > kludge and has issues, we aren't going to run low on IP space for a > long, long time. > > -cmb --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
