[olug] bad practices at home

[Adam Korab]

On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 09:55:26AM -0500, Brian Roberson wrote:
> not to flame here, but...
> Do you even have a clue of the implications of converting a small network,
> say a 5 node network, to ipv6? try it sometime, and then you will fully
> understand the implications of converting big networks. It is not as easy as
> you seem to think. It's not going to be "flip a switch and use ipv6"
> conversion, it will take decades to do, you will have to do ipv6-in-ipv4
> encaps on the backbone for at least 20 years to get all the edge net's up to
> speed, and then migrate the backbones. not to mention that all the standards
> are complete yet ( RFC's, etc.... )

Not to mention all the old(er) hardware out there that hasn't got a clue
about anything but IPv4.

Well said, Brian.

--Adam
-- 
"A workstation without a network is like a geek in a field all by himself.
It looks intriguing, unusual and different but no one will come within 20
feet of it." -- Sun help document

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