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On 19/01/12 13:37, Gordon Henderson wrote: >> On 19/01/12 09:47, Gordon Henderson wrote: >> >>> >>> Ah, heres a list of ISPs: >>> >>> http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ipv6 >>> >>> AAISP >>> Clara.net >>> Entanet >>> Exa Networks >>> Goscomb Technologies >>> IDNet >>> Webtapestry >>> >>> So a few to choose from, but a complete abssense of the big players. If >>> only the likes of PlusNet would spend money on IPv6 than their silly TV >>> adverts!!! >> >> That is all very well but, according to my researches on this, very few >> routers are ready for Ipv6. Or am I missing something here? > > Not missing anything - and that's a real catch-22 situation right now too. > > The Billion Bipak 7800N can be re-flashed with a firmawre image that > support IPv6 - AAISP were shipping them for a while, now they've moved > to the Technicolor TG582n which comes with IPv6 as standard (and is much > cheaper!) > > The only other solution is a separate modem (e.g. Draytek 120) and > router - either a ready made box such as the MikroTics or a Linux box > you put together yourself - although the other alternatives are Tomato > or OpenWRT which require an exiting supported router and the ability to > re-flash them. I'm sure there are others, but those are the ones I know of. > > There is no reason any router that's based on Linux can't do IPv6 other > than the manufacturers lazyness to implement it. > > It's just going to take time - years probably and the Internet will > *never* be fully IPv4 free - at least I reckon not in my lifetime... > > Gordon > So it seems to me that I might as well just carry on as before and forget about Ipv6. It looks as though a) it won't be fully ready for a long time anyway and b) for the sort of browsing I do I don't really need Ipv6. Thanks for the info. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq