Feature Suggestion IPV6

[Dondilly]

Ive been scanning around for info and there is scant info on the net regarding IPV6 roll out which seems amazing considering we are being told the world will end in 2011 with the predicted exhaustion of IPV4 addressing.

A feature article, possibly in the lan/wan subsection of the site could include:
1: Is there a global roll out plan
2. there seems to be no awareness promotion amoung vendors especially those targetting domestic and SMBs. What router vendors have rolled out IPv6 compliant routers/gateways?
3. While a natted network can happily sit on 192.168.*.* and IPv6 traffic can be transorted on unmanaged layer 2 switching, what effects will IPv6 traffic have on smart/managed L2 switches, QOS, tagging, Vlans etc.
4. SMB Layer 3 vendors seem very quiet on the subject of IPv6 not to mention vendors of NASes, IP cameras, SIP phones or any other device that can be pluged into a LAN.

Considering the benefits of IPv6 and the removal of the need to use NAT I see there will be demand for people wanting (or having to) switch their own networks to IPv6 or at least run a mixed v4/6 lan.

Your thoughts please.

 

[Sevenfeet]

I'm going to second that motion for some IPv6 coverage from SmallNetBuilder. At some point soon, we're all going to have to deal with this and it's amazing how few products in the field seem to handle this out of the box right now. SNB has had influence on manufacturer's specs in the past (Jumbo Frames, LAN-WAN throughput, VPN).

I've been looking at Comcast's IPv6 upgrade website and it's amazing how few routers seem to be able to handle this. Right now, they are testing OpenWRT for flashing your own Cisco/Linksys gear, and all Apple Airport Extreme/Express/Time Capsules (latest firmware is 7.5.2). That seems to be about it. Nothing native from Cisco, Netgear or anyone else right now, at least in the SOHO space.

It would also be nice to discuss client IPv6 capability, DNSv6, tunneling and other relevant issues.

 

[Muunsyr]

Thirded. I too would like to see some IPv6 stuff. Perhaps start including it as a feature checkbox on the performance charts?

I am in need of a new router (current one has issues) and down here is Australia we are getting a shiny new fibre network rolled out - IPv6 with it. Needless to say, this is yet another reason that I'd like to see some SOHO routers with IPv6 reviewed.

 

[thiggins]

We did an article on IPv6 three years ago.

The IPv4 world has been coming to an end for years now. Latest burst of media coverage is due to the last IPv4 block being assigned. But then things will die down again.

Yes, it is getting closer. But the key issue is the rate at which ISPs will switch over to it. At least in the U.S. that doesn't seem anytime soon.

We mention IPv6 support in the products that have it. Not many do.

ISPs are going to be running dual-stack for years. They have no incentive to suddenly disconnect thousands of paying customers. Consumer LANs will be able to continue to run IPv4 without issues for the foreseeable future.

We'll keep an eye. But generally, the topic doesn't draw much reader interest.

 

[bimmerdriver]

Since the last /8 blocks got allocated, I think the level of interest is rising. It would be great if you did an article on setting up a tunnelling service such as Tunnel Broker (or whatever) using your WNDR3700 and Windows 7. (Okay, I admit my interest is selfish.)