Current status or FAQ?

Vince Grimaldi Vince_Grimaldi@BayNetworks.COM
Wed, 15 Apr 1998 09:12:48 -0700


Yajie,
	I believe that the version of Solaris where IPv6 is built in is "2.8"





At 08:42 PM 4/14/98 -0700, you wrote:
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>Hi Ben, 
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>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.
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>Yajie Lee
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>On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Ben Greear wrote:
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>> 
>> 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..)
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>> 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
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Vince Grimaldi
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