Question about 6to4

[Eric Vyncke (evyncke)]

Actually, Rémi has a draft to push the 6RD parameters via DHCPv4, so, it could be implemented by any CPE (or even RG through GUI), even non-managed CPE

-éric 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipv6-ops-bounces+evyncke=cisco.com at lists.cluenet.de 
> [mailto:ipv6-ops-bounces+evyncke=cisco.com at lists.cluenet.de] 
> On Behalf Of Mohacsi Janos
> Sent: lundi 18 mai 2009 11:40
> To: Martin List-Petersen
> Cc: Erik Kline; ipv6-ops at lists.cluenet.de
> Subject: Re: Question about 6to4
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> On Fri, 15 May 2009, Martin List-Petersen wrote:
> 
> > Erik Kline wrote:
> >> Personally, I'm a fan of 6rd.  That's what works for 
> free.fr.  That, 
> >> or just go native.
> >
> > The issue with 6rd is, that it's consuming extreme amounts of IP's.
> > Free.fr got a /26 IPv6 allocated just to do this for all of 
> their customers.
> >
> > Native, this probably could have been done well within a 
> /32 or /30 at 
> > the most.
> >
> > So I wouldn't even try to advocate to go down the route, 
> that Free did 
> > and use 6rd.
> 
> 
> I think there is a bigger problem from 6rd: the provider 
> should have control over customers' home router - at least 
> forcing of upgrade of firmware and push some configuration 
> parameters 6rd routing...
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Janos Mohacsi
> Network Engineer, Research Associate, Head of Network 
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