[AusNOG] IPv6 is hard.

[Tristram Cheer]

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-----Original Message-----
From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Mark Andrews
Sent: Friday, 20 July 2012 2:03 p.m.
To: Mark Newton
Cc: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net; Paul Brooks
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] IPv6 is hard.


In message <20120720012945.GA38953 at atdot.dotat.org>, Mark Newton writes:
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 01:16:20AM +1000, Paul Brooks wrote:
> 
>  > It will be decades before most of the IPv4 peripherals like laser  
> > printers are retired however.
> 
> That's what they said about devices that supported classful 
> addressing.  It was all over bar the shouting in a few years.
> IT refresh cycles are quicker than "decades."

Desktops and laptops yes, printers less so unless you do a lot of printing.

> It's been a while since I've seen a printer that doesn't support
> v6 already. JetDirect has had it for quite a while now.
> 
>  -  mark
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