Current status or FAQ?

[Yajie Lee]

Hi Ben, 

I think you asked some very interesting and important questions which may
have a general concern. So I forward it to the 6bone mailing list.


Yajie Lee



On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Ben Greear wrote:

> 
> I'm doing some research for my company on IPv6.  From what I can tell,
> almost everyone has beta versions, but few if any have a fully
> functional IPv6 implementation.  However, many of the pages I've
> been able to find are somewhat dated...
> 
> Does anyone know what version of Solaris will offer built in support
> for IPv6 (ie don't have to go download and install something on top
> of a current installation..)
> 
> When do you see IPv6 becoming widespread.  With the QOS it could
> be useful for those trying to do real-time communications, such
> as IP telephony etc....  However, unless I misunderstand, it seems
> that while IPv6 will work indefinately with IPv4, we will not get
> many of the benefits (QOS) untill most or all of the routers
> come up to spec.
> 
> Any pointers to any other information would be welcome...
> 
> Thanks,
> Ben Greear
>