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Re: More CPE

On 2008-01-11 12:25, Alain Durand wrote:
> 
> 
> On 1/9/08 7:15 PM, "Iljitsch van Beijnum" <iljitsch@muada.com> wrote:
> 
>> Based on the discussion of the past days, I think this is a mixture of
>> what we seem to agree on and some random things that I think are
>> necessary and/or a good idea. Feel free to shoot down any part as
>> needed.
>>
>> All of this only applies to presumably unmanaged consumer and SOHO
>> installations.
>>
>> 1. The expectation is that broadband modems will have IPv6 routing
>> functionality.
> 
> This assumption is wrong. DOCSIS (2.0 & 3.0) modems are defined as simple
> bridges for both IPv4 and IPv6. There is an additional spec, the "eRouter"
> that define a minimum optional implementation of IPv6 routing, so you'll see
> two types of products, bridges & routers.

So a subscriber who gets stuck behind the bridge version but wants to run
an IPv6 subnet will have to buy a separate router and get a prefix from
somewhere? That's broken.

   Brian