[clue-tech] All IPv4 addresses given out by end of February

[chris fedde]

The kind of cable modem/routers that are provided by comcast and the
rest have enough horse power to run IPV6.   And for the most part such
a change will typically be invisible to the average home customer.

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Michael J. Hammel
<mjhammel at graphics-muse.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 09:35 -0700, chris fedde wrote:
>> One of the many modes for using IPV6 is in a 6to4 gateway function.
>> In this mode a given ISP or provider can use an entire IPV4 address
>> range for end points in their management domain and then gateway
>> between these domains over a IPV6 backbone.  This is conceptually
>> similar to how the RFC1918 private address space model works.
>
> I'm curious about what I might have to do inside the home for this.
> Will it require changing out the cable modem or is it a remote software
> upgrade?  Also, if I'm using IPV4 internally, does that mean my router
> needs to map between IPV4 and IPV6?  I'm running two routers, actually,
> on my side of the cable modem and both run DD-WRT.  Will I need to
> update these routers and, if so, what is the drop-dead sign that I need
> to get it done?
>
> I'd like to stick to IPV4 behind the routers because its easy.
> Switching to IPV6 might be easy too - I just don't know how to deal with
> those funky addresses yet.  Heck, I just got around to putting up bind
> for IPV4 at home.
>
> I better start figuring this out before Comcast screws me again.  I
> figure I have about 6 months - right after the time they do the big July
> experiment and we see what all stops working.
> --
> Michael J. Hammel                                    Principal Software Engineer
> mjhammel at graphics-muse.org                           http://graphics-muse.org
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