Re: More CPE

[Alain Durand <alain_durand@cable.comcast.com>]

On 1/9/08 7:15 PM, "Iljitsch van Beijnum" <iljitsch@muada.com> wrote:

> Based on the discussion of the past days, I think this is a mixture of
> what we seem to agree on and some random things that I think are
> necessary and/or a good idea. Feel free to shoot down any part as
> needed.
> 
> All of this only applies to presumably unmanaged consumer and SOHO
> installations.
> 
> 1. The expectation is that broadband modems will have IPv6 routing
> functionality.

This assumption is wrong. DOCSIS (2.0 & 3.0) modems are defined as simple
bridges for both IPv4 and IPv6. There is an additional spec, the "eRouter"
that define a minimum optional implementation of IPv6 routing, so you'll see
two types of products, bridges & routers.

   - Alain.