Comcast Plans IPv6 Trials In 2010 173
Mortimer.CA writes "In a weblog posting, Jason Livingood, Executive Director of Comcast's Internet Systems has stated that they're beginning public trials of IPv6; Comcast hopes 'that these trials will encourage other stakeholders to make plans to continue, or to begin, work on IPv6 in 2010 so that all stakeholders do their part in ensuring the future of the Internet is as bright and innovative as it has been in the past.' Interested guinea pigs can volunteer at Comcast6.net (FAQ). Those who have IPv6 connectivity via other means can check out their IPv6-only web presence."
Grudgingly, impressed. (Score:5, Insightful)
If Comcast actually does what they're saying on the tin, maybe the other ISPs will follow suit.
This just might be a good thing.
Re:You got trapped by OpenDNS (Score:4, Insightful)
ipv6.google.com [google.com] is IPv6 only, and if you can reach it, you are IPv6 enabled.
makes assumptions about your network and its services (like DNS) which are not guaranteed to be true.
most routers? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Isn't that kind of wasteful? (Score:3, Insightful)
The idea is to keep it simple, assign a standard network size that's big enough for just about anyone and assign the same size network to everyone instead of messing around with the IPv4-style "You get _one_ IP, you over there get a /28, and that guy in the corner gets a /24, Joe was an early adopter so he's got a /16 and Steve over there had some good arguments for why he should get a /20, and lucky Dan over there has a /8..." mess.
/Mikael