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Ignitionnet · 19-04-2016, 08:06

I'm not sure how customer routers are going to fall offline as a result of VM enabling IPv6.

If the customer-owned routers don't support it they just won't send the DHCPv6 request?

The issue with the Superhubs is more that VM will want them migrated to IPv6 on their HFC-side interface, the major point of IPv6 for cable companies is to allow for more addresses than RFC 1918 allows for HFC-side addresses, so they need them to support it.

Zero point in VM deploying it if their owned CPE don't support it, hence the dependency.

A full migration to IPv6 would allow for clean, centralised management of all Liberty Global cable territories without workarounds to compensate as there would no longer be RFC 1918 IPv4 address overlap between them forcing it.

Sorry if I'm missing something, which I might be!

19-04-2016, 08:06	#56
Ignitionnet Inactive Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Age: 47 Posts: 13,995	Re: VM IPv6 plans? I'm not sure how customer routers are going to fall offline as a result of VM enabling IPv6. If the customer-owned routers don't support it they just won't send the DHCPv6 request? The issue with the Superhubs is more that VM will want them migrated to IPv6 on their HFC-side interface, the major point of IPv6 for cable companies is to allow for more addresses than RFC 1918 allows for HFC-side addresses, so they need them to support it. Zero point in VM deploying it if their owned CPE don't support it, hence the dependency. A full migration to IPv6 would allow for clean, centralised management of all Liberty Global cable territories without workarounds to compensate as there would no longer be RFC 1918 IPv4 address overlap between them forcing it. Sorry if I'm missing something, which I might be!