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Re: [LUG] IPv6, ADSL and FTTC

 

On 19/01/12 13:37, Gordon Henderson wrote:
>> On 19/01/12 09:47, Gordon Henderson wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Ah, heres a list of ISPs:
>>>
>>> http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ipv6
>>>
>>>     AAISP
>>>     Clara.net
>>>     Entanet
>>>     Exa Networks
>>>     Goscomb Technologies
>>>     IDNet
>>>     Webtapestry
>>>
>>> So a few to choose from, but a complete abssense of the big players. If
>>> only the likes of PlusNet would spend money on IPv6 than their silly TV
>>> adverts!!!
>>
>> That is all very well but, according to my researches on this, very few
>> routers are ready for Ipv6. Or am I missing something here?
> 
> Not missing anything - and that's a real catch-22 situation right now too.
> 
> The Billion Bipak 7800N can be re-flashed with a firmawre image that
> support IPv6 - AAISP were shipping them for a while, now they've moved
> to the Technicolor TG582n which comes with IPv6 as standard (and is much
> cheaper!)
> 
> The only other solution is a separate modem (e.g. Draytek 120) and
> router - either a ready made box such as the MikroTics or a Linux box
> you put together yourself - although the other alternatives are Tomato
> or OpenWRT which require an exiting supported router and the ability to
> re-flash them. I'm sure there are others, but those are the ones I know of.
> 
> There is no reason any router that's based on Linux can't do IPv6 other
> than the manufacturers lazyness to implement it.
> 
> It's just going to take time - years probably and the Internet will
> *never* be fully IPv4 free - at least I reckon not in my lifetime...
> 
> Gordon
> 

So it seems to me that I might as well just carry on as before and
forget about Ipv6. It looks as though a) it won't be fully ready for a
long time anyway and b) for the sort of browsing I do I don't really
need Ipv6. Thanks for the info.

Neil

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