IPv4 to IPv6...

[James Knott]

Walter Dnes wrote:
>    Teksavvy users see...
> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r23849317-IPv6-beta   I don't know if
> they're still accepting new beta testers.  Interesting item...
>    

Hmmm...

"First of all, the service is provided over native PPP, there is no 
tunneling involved or 6to4 like most other providers."

That doesn't make sense.  PPP is a method of carrying almost any type of 
packet over some serial medium.  In ADSL a form of it called PPPoE is 
used to carry IP via PPP over an ethernet connection.  So, unless 
they're running some serial protocol directly over the wires, they are 
in fact using tunnelling, which is no different than OpenVPN (ignoring 
encryption) in UDP packets or IPv6 6in4 tunnelling with IP protocol 41.  
In 6in4 tunnelling, the only difference from an IPv6 packet is the 20 
byte IPv4 tacked on the front of it.

When used to transport IPv6, PPP is tunnelling.
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