Re: new draft on IPv6 CPE router available for review

[EricLKlein@softhome.net]

Mikael Abrahamsson writes: 

> I never said all IPv6 speaking HOSTS need to do this. For me a CPE is 
> something that is involved in the delivery of a service, not an end user 
> host device. I see two different services, one which is for connecting a 
> single device and nothing else, and another service where the customer has 
> a router and several hosts behind it. If this is another definition of a 
> CPE, then I need to change my terminology to avoid confusion. Am I using 
> the wrong terminology? 

It seems to me that there is a confusion in terminology that is feeding this 
mail chain. 

Common usage has CPE being both the edge device (1)(DSL modem with or 
without built in router),  Router/Switch (2)(built in DSL, Ethernet, WiFi, 
etc.), and the end-user device (3) (PC, Laptop, PDA, dual function Mobile 
phone). 

This document seems to deal with 1 and 2 only while discussion is mostly on 
3. It seems to me that we need to separate these topics to edge and End-user 
rather than the general CPE (what happens when these are mobile like with 
802.16e). 

We know that almost all (I am tempted to say all) PCs and laptops support 
dual stack today, but I would love to hear about the other end-user devices 
the so called "internet devices" from companies like Nokia. Are they dual 
stack already? 

Eric