[AusNOG] IPv6

[Robert Hudson]

On 1 April 2015 at 13:27, Mark ZZZ Smith <markzzzsmith at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

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>  *From:* Robert Hudson <hudrob at gmail.com>
> *To:* Mark ZZZ Smith <markzzzsmith at yahoo.com.au>
> *Cc:* Mark Delany <g2x at juliet.emu.st>; "ausnog at lists.ausnog.net" <
> ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 1 April 2015, 13:12
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] IPv6
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> On 1 April 2015 at 13:04, Mark ZZZ Smith <markzzzsmith at yahoo.com.au>
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>  *From:* Robert Hudson <hudrob at gmail.com>
> *To:* Mark ZZZ Smith <markzzzsmith at yahoo.com.au>
> *Cc:* Mark Delany <g2x at juliet.emu.st>; "ausnog at lists.ausnog.net" <
> ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 1 April 2015, 11:30
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] IPv6
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> On 1 April 2015 at 11:20, Mark ZZZ Smith <markzzzsmith at yahoo.com.au>
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> / So nobody here who is advocating deploying IPv6 is saying (or has said)
> to switch off IPv4 at the same time.
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> Absolutely - I've said that several times now. :)
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> / Then I'm guessing you don't have any customers who'd be angrily ringing
> you up asking where half or more of their Internet has gone.
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> Nope.  It all "just works" because they get IPv4 *and* IPv6, and their
> systems cope with dual stack just fine.
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> / I think I misunderstood your comment. I thought you were saying that
> IPv4 should be switched off when you deploy IPv6.
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I was starting to suspect this. :)  I advocate dual stack.  Get IPv6 out
there and happening, because the incremental cost in doing so alongside the
existing IPv4 deployment is relatively low, but the potential benefits are
increasing on a daily basis.
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