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Re: v6-in-v4 configured tunneling over v4 multicast (vs 6over4)



On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 09:42:12AM +0200, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
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> 6over4 only uses v4 multicast when native IPv6 over Ethernet would use
> Ethernet multicast, so I don't see this as a significant issue for

Agree

> 6over4. In fact, the only known issue with 6over4 is that most enterprises
> don't run v4 multicast on their intranets. Any other solution relying
> on v4 multicast has this issue.

Yes, but I think there are many enterprises (although not most) that do
have intradomain multicast. Also in the academic world where I live, most
universities and schools do have intradomain multicast. I still think
6over4 is a really good solution in these cases.

Stig