Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 18:21:04 +0900 From: Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@iijlab.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IPv6 network... Message-ID: <20010119092105.0144B7E2A@starfruit.itojun.org> References: <3A637068.83585C63@nisser.com>
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http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=604561+0+current/freebsd-questions >> Anyway, you do not really need special IP6 equipment thought it >> wouldn't hurt. If they would like for IP6 to have more than a >> snowballs chance in hell (Catholic verion, not the Nordic one >> which actually is/was a rather nice place) then IP6 had better >> run with legacy equipment. > >Sorry, but you *will* need special equipment. Snowballs stand no >chance in hell. Don't know what I was thinking. (maybe I don't have enough context here) IPv6 is a software technology. you do not need any special equipments. you just need normal PC (or alpha if you like), normal hub/switch, and normal ethernet cards. If your equipment runs IPv4 okay, there's high (like 98%) chance that they run IPv6. yes, some of the vendor routers require hardware upgrades, but they are normally for (1) additional memory for their new firmware, (2) some specific hardware reqs they impose, (3) marketing trick. itojun To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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