IPv4 to IPv6...

[James Knott]

D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: James Knott<james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>
>
> | IPv6>  PPP, which is then carried by IPv4 PPPoE to Teksavyy.  This is
> | necessary because they are not modifying the ADSL modem.
>
> I assume that you mean "because they are not modifying the router
> (which in many cases is combined with the ADSL modem)".  In my setup,
> PPPoE is not implemented in the modem so the modem would not need to
> be modified.
>
> Perhaps you meant that something in the Bell-controlled part of the
> path would need to be changed.
>
> In theory PPPoE implementations ought to be agnostic about IPv6 vs.
> IPv4 since PPP is Link Layer and IPv4 and IPv6 are Internet Layer.
> But that might not be the case (I'm too lazy to look).
>
> Look at the diagrams in
>    <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6>
>    <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-Point_Protocol_over_Ethernet>
>
>    

If the ADSL modem can be configured so that it provides only ethernet to 
the router, then you'd wind up with IPv6 over PPPoE, in the same manner 
as ADSL provides IPv4 over PPPoE.  The router mentioned in the article 
is the Linksys WRT54G, which, last I heard, does not connect directly to 
a phone line to provide ADSL service.  However, some ISPs provide a 
router that does.

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