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Re: More CPE

On 2008-01-12 01:28, Remi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:16:09 +1300, Brian E Carpenter
> 
> <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> I don't see how this is broken.
> 
> When I bought my (IPv4-only) cable modem, I was given the choice between a
> 
> model with a single Ethernet port (that is the bridge version), and the
> 
> more expensive model with multiple ports (plus Wi-Fi, IIRC), which I assume
> 
> is actually a modem integrated with an IPv4 NAT-router.
> 
> 
> 
> To me, this is a feature (mind you I took the cheapest model!) not a bug.

My assumption is that this is exceptional, and the typical SOHO
user wants to buy one box providing wireless and wired connectivity
for multiple hosts. But the vendors know better than I do what
they typically sell...

   Brian