CMTS support of IPv6

[Chris Gotstein]

I agree.  I don't see the need for the CM to support IPv6.  I'm more
interested in pushing IPv6 to the customers router or PC.  But for us
this requires an upgrade to our provisioning software, which is cost
prohibitive right now.

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Chris Gotstein, Sr Network Engineer, UP Logon/Computer Connection UP
http://uplogon.com | +1 906 774 4847 | chris at uplogon.com

On 4/27/2010 3:23 PM, Frank Bulk - iName.com wrote:
> We don't need IPv6 for CM management, just for customer equipment (CPE, not
> to be confused with what Moto calls CPE which include Surfboard cable modems
> and gateways).  So the lack of IPv6 support for CMs is actually fine with
> me.
> 
> Frank
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipv6-ops-bounces+frnkblk=iname.com at lists.cluenet.de
> [mailto:ipv6-ops-bounces+frnkblk=iname.com at lists.cluenet.de] On Behalf Of
> Chris Gotstein
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 1:45 PM
> To: ipv6-ops at lists.cluenet.de
> Subject: Re: CMTS support of IPv6
> 
> We are running a uBR7246 CMTS and i have it configured with an IPv6
> address on the loopback and bundle.  Since we are using CNR version 6.x,
> we cannot push out IPv6 addresses to the end-user at this time.  CNR
> version 7.x is supposed to have full support for IPv6 clients.  We are
> also only running DOCSIS 1.1/2.0 modems which do not support IPv6.  So
> bottom line is that the Cisco CMTS supports IPv6, but the provisioning
> software (6.x) and the modems (DOCSIS 1.1/2.0) to do not currently
> support IPv6.
> 
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> Chris Gotstein, Sr Network Engineer, UP Logon/Computer Connection UP
> http://uplogon.com | +1 906 774 4847 | chris at uplogon.com
> 
> On 4/27/2010 12:41 PM, Paul Stewart wrote:
>> Interesting.. thanks for sharing that.  Today we run Cisco 7246VXR and
>> there's internal discussions around either adding more of them or moving
> to
>> Motorola.  The question around IPv6 was raised but nobody pursued an
> answer
>> that I know of.
>>
>> Speaking of, does anyone know if the 7246VXR properly supports IPv6?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ipv6-ops-bounces+paul=paulstewart.org at lists.cluenet.de
>> [mailto:ipv6-ops-bounces+paul=paulstewart.org at lists.cluenet.de] On Behalf
> Of
>> Frank Bulk - iName.com
>> Sent: April-27-10 1:32 PM
>> To: ipv6-ops at lists.cluenet.de
>> Subject: CMTS support of IPv6
>>
>> Just got off the phone with the pre-sales tech support person for our CMTS
>> vendor, Motorola.  He shared that "no one is asking for IPv6", "none of my
>> customers have asked about it", and plans are for full support in 2H 2011.
>> Also shared that we will likely see CPE (by that he means CM and CM
> gateway)
>> support via firmware upgrades.  He says the market and therefore software
>> and hardware development focus has been on bandwidth -- more downstream
> and
>> upstream channel bonding.
>>
>> There's some IPv6 support in the existing code base, but he wasn't able to
>> describe where it's lacking.  I know it's missing some dynamic routing
>> protocol support, but I haven't yet identified any other feature gaps.
>>
>> So anyone who has Motorola CMTS gear, I would encourage them to talk to
>> their sales person and encourage them to make it a greater priority.
>>
>> Frank
>>
>>
>>
>