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IPv6 Traffic Remains Minuscule

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the serious-pain-in-the-butt dept.

judgecorp writes "Even though we are running out of IPv4 addresses, IPv6 traffic is still not taking off. In fact it is less than one percent and falling, according to a report from Arbor Networks."

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  1. Re:Digital TV by AVee · · Score: 4, Informative

    Enforcement (or at least serious stimulation) by the Government may well exactly what is required to get IPv6 off the ground. The main problem (on the consumer level at least) is the definitely the lack of equipment. Making it illegal to sell modem/routers which lack IPv6 support will fix that in no time making it way easier for providers to roll out dual-stack to there customers.
    Providers could use DHCPv6 on their networks and simply issue an IPv6 range to anyone who's router requests it, no one will notice the difference. But currently that's just pointless because nobody will have an IPv6 capable modem, not even when they bought it yesterday.

    I'm getting native dual-stack on my VDSL line at home, along with 7000 other customers. But they had to push their modem manufacturer (AVM) to get it properly implemented. Their list of supported modems is depressingly short, it contains 3 AVM models which basically use the same firmware, one Draytek modem and two Cisco which aren't really what I'd call 'consumer grade'. But it works just fine, I'm pretty certain a customer who doesn't care wouldn't notice the difference.