> From: Tim Chown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Status: R
>
> On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Russell Moore wrote:
>
> > 1) If we have been testing IPv6 since 1998 when is it going to be
> > implemented on a global basis?, especially, when do we think the big
> > telecommunication firms will begin to implement the Protocol?.
>
> I think the earliest commercial IPv6 product was a Telebit router dating
> back to 1996. Telebit is now part of Ericsson, and are continuing IPv6
> development.
>
> One of the likely drivers for IPv6 adoption may be 3GPP/UMTS; Nokia and
> Ericsson, for example, are looking to deploy IPv6-enabled mobile devices,
> so the majority of IP-enabled devices could quickly swing from IPv4
> to IPv6. That's one scenario. IPv6 doesn't have to necessarily emerge
> via transition, it could happen through new applications/devices as
> the Internet becomes more mobile, with more always-on devices (including
> those in the home). This "revolution" could shake up a few of the
> established companies.
It's also got to happen (or at least, where I've been working it desperatly
needed) in mid to large size companies, when they merge and interconnect.
I worked at a site that was an ISP of sorts between a number of large
companies, all using RFC 1918 addressing (10.blah). We had unmanageable
NAT. Desperatly needs IPv6, does that site :)
We needed Cisco to get their act together, and Chokepoint to get
firewall-none to do it too. I couldn't convince them that OpenBSD
and IPFilter would do what they needed :-/
> > 2) What has the reaction been like from the big Telecom companies?, are
> > any of these companies using IPv6 in their backbone?, and if so which
> > ones?
>
> There are initiatives in Japan, on Internet 2, and in Europe. You can
> see lists of these at the IPv6 Forum site (http://www.ipv6forum.com).
> Commercial providers won't use IPv6 in production routers until the
> bigger players (e.g. Cisco) offer commercial IPv6 support, but (for
> example) Cisco does have an "IPv6 Roadmap".
According to the last rumour I heard, Cisco IOS 12.1 (5)T is
supposed to ship this month (Oct) with IPv6. Has anyone heard anything
about this?
> > 5) Are there any of the big companies sponsoring the product?, i.e. cos
> > which have implemented and are incouraging others to do so as well, if
> > so what cos are sponsoring this?
>
> The IPv6 Forum is a collection of nearly 100 companies, research sites
> and institutions. You will see from the implementations lists, for
> example, that the bigger companies are all working towards product.
> Some, like Sun, already have core IPv6 functionality in their commercial
> operating system.
And even Microsloth have offerings. They know they need it (ever
tried to NAT M$'s protocols? Urk ...)
Carl
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