[ipv6-wg] Soft v6CPE

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
> 
> 
>