IPv4 to IPv6...

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 01:20:52PM -0400, James Knott wrote:
> At some point, you're going to hit some equipment, such as a router,  
> that only understands IP.  As I mentioned in another note, Bell is in  
> the habit of supplying ADSL modems that only work with IP.

They do now.  They didn't always.  Also many ISPs don't do that.  I don't
think anyone in their right mind would sign up for service from Bell.
The horror stories about their service and billing departments are
just awful.

> I don't know enough about DOCSIS to know where the problem lies,  
> however, "design mistakes" are common in a lot of areas.  I wouldn't be  
> surprised if they filtered for IPv4 only, in order to keep non IP  
> protocols off the cable networks.  IPX anyone?

That is certainly a possibility.  I could see why they might want to
do that.

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