[c-nsp] 12.0S IPv6 support

[Arnold Nipper]

On 12.04.2005 09:31 Gert Doering wrote

> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 12:48:50AM +0200, Niels Bakker wrote:
>> A few AMS-IX members lost their IPv6 capability in the past few months
>> because they were unwilling to be forced by their vendor of choice into
>> investing in a dedicated port at additional expense (hardware, cabling
>> and IXP port cost).
> 
> This is sad news.  I don't fully understand the issue, though - does
> "IPv6 over a port-channel" break things?  Or "port-channels in general"?
> 
> What is the combination that breaks, and why does "removing IPv6" help
> (given the fact that there is no other IOS train for GSR anyway, besides
> 12.0S, and that *has* IPv6)?
> 

You simply can't do IPv6 over a port-channel. Hence to make IPv6 work 
the ISP has to buy another port at the IXP. In case of DE-CIX this is 
not so big a problem as IPv6 and multicast ports are free of costs 
(except installing the line to switch).



Arnold
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