question regarding over the counter devices

[Mikael Abrahamsson]

On Mon, 6 Mar 2017, Gert Doering wrote:

> If a CPE has no v6 support, having it available on the DSLAM (in passive 
> mode = do not start IPv6CP until the client initiates it) will not do 
> harm.

The issue here isn't devices that do not support IPv6, it's the ones that 
do support IPv6 when it "suddenly" is turned on.

> The mobile carriers nicely demonstrated how *not* to do it - by ignoring 
> the mandate for IPv6 in 3G, and rolling out huge masses of v4-only 
> handsets, they suddenly had a huge installed basis of, well, v4-only 
> legacy devices to deal with...

Most carriers do not control handsets anymore. Those days are long gone.

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se