[ipv6-wg] Soft v6CPE
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Tim Chown
tjc at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Wed Oct 17 21:27:18 CEST 2012
Well, I think what Ahmed is describing is essentially a tunnel broker. There aren't a lot of broker providers out there still, beyond sixxs and HE, or are there? Tim On 17 Oct 2012, at 18:36, "Tony Hain" <alh-ietf at tndh.net> wrote: > Arguably this is the same deployment model as PPP over voice tunneling used > 15+ years ago. The fact that the customer edge moves faster than the access > network is independent of the actual technologies in use. The definition of > "cpe" has always been fluid, and encompasses just about anything that could > be at the consumer end of the access link. > > Tony > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ipv6-wg-bounces at ripe.net [mailto:ipv6-wg-bounces at ripe.net] On >> Behalf Of Ahmed Abu-Abed >> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 4:17 AM >> To: ipv6-wg at ripe.net >> Subject: [ipv6-wg] Soft v6CPE >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> Should RIPE include Soft v6CPE in their IPv6 CPE survey ? >> >> These are basically low-cost software solutions that enable an end user to >> get IPv6 global connectivity from their SP's own IPv6 address block and >> service, but works over existing IPv4 access infrastructure and existing > v4 >> only CPEs. >> >> Soft v6CPEs use a 'short distance' tunneling solution which is terminated > at >> the SP premise. Similar to 6RD but doesn't require a hardware CPE, and > helps >> in rapidly spreading v6 connectivity. >> >> The Soft v6CPE solution I have seen on PCs has a simple plug and play >> installation and free cost. Note that the SP has to be IPv6 ready at the > core >> with global connectivity and install an v6 tunnel server for the solution > to >> work; then they can issue global v6 address blocks from their allocation > to >> customers. >> >> Regards, >> -Ahmed > > >
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