More on China's IPv6 Network Buildout

photojournaliste writes "China has developed and demonstrated its first high-performance network core router based on the next-generation Internet standard known as IPv6, which the country officially inaugurated earlier this week." There's also a CNet story, which has a bit more information than our earlier story.

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Any more high-profile rollouts of IPv6?

[The One KEA]

Does anyone know if there are similar projects in scope and concept to this one?

Develop intellectual property, copy model #

[PornMaster]

Yes, this new router does IPv6 and the Cisco 12016 doesn't, but isn't the model number a little familiar?

Is this the Intel/AMD "486" thing all over again?

Re:Develop intellectual property, copy model #

[agristin]

The 12000 series supports IPv6 and so does the very model you point out.

Check the release notes:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ ps 5014/prod_release_note09186a0080199977.html

The chinese probably are using the cisco GSRs. If you google for GSR IPv6 you'll see a couple places with IPv6 and the GSR in action (abiliene?) and some with Juniper to GSR Ipv6 connections.

-A

While the idea that the chinese stole the router and hacked in IPv6 is nice, it is much easier to believe they bought a couple GSRs that support IPv6.

I wonder how thay tested it?

[CdBee]

The network operates between 10gb and 40gb a second... with current hard-disk technology it must have been a challenge to collate enough equipment at each end of the link to generate that much bandwidth without bottle-necking.

Do network speed tests rely on clusters of machines?

I think that...

[wolf31o2]

I really believe that this is a good thing. Many people are not embracing IPv6 due to lack of a high-profile rollout showing its feasability. Also, much of the software out there does not take advantage of IPv6. Having such a large number of people using IPv6 will persuade a few more people to start coding their software capable of using IPv6 addressing.

I really look forward to the day when I can (once again) have end-to-end connectivity with peers. The proliferation of NAT devices truly has changed the face of the Internet from a large peer-to-peer network with content at every corner, to a client-server model where content is only served by those with enough capital.

This is readily apparent in the draconian acceptable useage policies of most providers.

I *want* to be able to connect to any of my home machines from work, and vice-versa (firewall permitting). I would *love* to have my own block of portable address space for me to do with as I please.

I simply can't wait for this to catch on in more places. I encourage all of you to look into IPv6 and see how much added benefit you could get from having a near-unexhaustable pool of addresses available.

someone has to say it.

[ctime]

According to the article, half of the 'core' networking equipment was suppied by chinnese companties, of the two, one happened to be Huawei technolgies.

Lest we forget!

http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/corp_012303.html

One of my favorite quotes to be found on cisco's website:

Copying of IOS source code: Cisco alleges that Huawei has copied portions of the Cisco IOS source code and included the technology in its operating system for its Quidway routers and switches. Huawei's operating system contains a number of text strings, file names, and bugs that are identical to those found in Cisco's IOS source code.

"Intellectual Property" vs National Interests

[MacDork]

Can you guess the winner? Did Germany pay the Wright Brothers royalties on their intellectual property? How about the USSR and the A bomb? India and AIDS drugs? The very notion that an idea can be owned by any one person or corporation is absurd. As for the alleged wholesale plagiarism, well... that's karma for you. It serves Cisco right for helping build the great firewall of China. I feel no pity for them.