I'm all for IPv6, just get your firewalling right, depending on your OS it doesn't always share rules automatically. Don't forget your machine will usually have at least 3 addresses too, which can of course be bound and firewalled individually.<div>
<br></div><div><div>But as the others have said, the main issue is support in existing kit. Only a fraction of my devices support IPv6. It's good for some things and not doing something just because no-one else is will never push the progression on. The more demand we create for IPv6, the more likely ISPs are to take it up.</div>
<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 August 2012 15:43, Kristian Kielhofner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kris@kriskinc.com" target="_blank">kris@kriskinc.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Sorry, I just woke up: "there end of the tunnel" = "their end of the tunnel".<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Kristian Kielhofner <<a href="mailto:kris@kriskinc.com">kris@kriskinc.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Assuming you're in the US (or most other parts of the world besides<br>
> Asia); it won't work. Here's why:<br>
><br>
> Almost no last mile providers will deliver native IPv6 (currently).<br>
> Your customers would have to use a tunneling service like HE to even<br>
> get to you. First there are hassles setting up the tunnel in the<br>
> first place, then there are issues with latency, packet loss, jitter,<br>
> etc using a tunnel service that has to haul all of your IPv6 in IPv4<br>
> traffic back to their gateway in a central location. VoIP is just<br>
> about the worst service you could use via an IPv6 tunnel.<br>
><br>
> You could try to offer your own IPv6 tunneling service but there's<br>
> still the issue of customers setting up there end of the tunnel.<br>
> Besides, encapsulation sucks.<br>
><br>
> The IPv4 global routing table has at least 424,000 networks:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://bgp.potaroo.net/index-bgp.html" target="_blank">http://bgp.potaroo.net/index-bgp.html</a><br>
><br>
> The IPv6 global routing table has 10,215 networks:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://bgp.potaroo.net/v6/as2.0/" target="_blank">http://bgp.potaroo.net/v6/as2.0/</a><br>
><br>
> Granted IPv6 networks tend to be better organized and more "compact"<br>
> (at least as far as advertisements are concerned) but that's still a<br>
> factor of 40:1.<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Alex <<a href="mailto:alex@thewinelake.com">alex@thewinelake.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> We've been wondering about trying to offer a service on ipv6 as it would<br>
>> get around various LAN issues.<br>
>><br>
>> Just wondered what experiences (good or bad) people here have had with<br>
>> it and also why there isn't more "'buzz"?<br>
>><br>
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