[AusNOG] My Predictions for the ISP Industry

[Matthew Moyle-Croft]

Mikrotik are a bit late to the party - they kept denying the DHCPv6 PD was necessary, but glad they've finally sorted it.

FWIW - OpenWRT does IPv6 fine as well.  These boxes are available very cheaply if you have DSL modem.

MMC

On 14/03/2012, at 10:15 AM, Greg McLennan wrote:

> Funny thing on this topic. This morning I configured up my Mikrotik 750GL Router and now distributing dual-stack around my network, has probably best ipv6 front end I'v seen yet on the market( RouterOS v5.14).  Bang for buck(mikrotik 750GL router under $100 delivered) to get dual stack on older adsl equipment is great..
> 
> (Internode ISP) ---- (ADSL MODEM in bridge mode)------(PPPoE  on Mikrotik 750GL)==Local LAN's IPV4/IPV6
> 
> Cheers
> Greg.
> ----------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> 
> On 14/03/2012 10:28 AM, Mark Newton wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 09:25:05AM +1000, Nicholas Meredith wrote:
>> 
>>  >  Does that Netcomm and other gear in that same leage actually support v6
>>  >  properly?
>> 
>> Yes.
>> 
>>  >  Does it run a v6 DNS masquerade?
>> 
>> Yes.
>> 
>>  >  Will RA correctly assign v6 DNS to hosts?
>> 
>> Well, no -- RA doesn't assign DNS.
>> 
>>  >  Is DHCP6 supported?
>> 
>> Yes.
>> 
>>  >  Simply routing v6 isn't enough, they need to
>>  >  be able to operate 100% v6 only, and I'd be surprised if it does that.
>> 
>> Yeah it does.  You don't want to run them like that because the
>> v6 internet is presently as useless as a chocolate teapot, but if
>> you want to run them like that you can.
>> 
>> It ain't 2005 anymore, son.
>> 
>>  >  Billions and a few others maybe, anyone got more accurate details on
>>  >  excactly what is still incomplete with CPE for home/soho users?
>> 
>> The AVM FritzBox is pretty good for SOHO.  Everything you'd ever
>> want in one box.  The high-end version counts as pretty good NBN CPE
>> too.
>> 
>>   - mark
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