IPv6

[Robert Olson]

>
>The 'and' between these is what causes me heartburn.
>The first half of the sentence is relatively easy, but as I mentioned,
>your current office-net configs mean some changes will be required,
>one way or another, to get this working if your offices are included.
>
>The second half, I need to engineer around that our net cannot do
>this in the short-medium term.  We're talking at least mid 5 figures
>to get our net minimally routing IPv6; I need to check on card
>compatibility issues.  I'm not sure if it will work without replacing
>line cards.  This could take up to multiple 6 figures for the full
>forklift.

Ouch!


>Since I don't see that sort of money coming my way anytime soon,
>we can work on finding some other way for now.
>
>How to proceed?  Would you guys be able to tell me what machines
>where will need v6 in the short-medium term?  I will try to engineer
>it so adds/moves/changes will be fairly painless, but I need a
>starting point.  Drop by my office anytime if you want to chat about
>this stuff, too.

I'd be happy with a drop physically in our hwlab that we take the machines to.

Is it possible to tunnel v6 thru the infrastructure to a v6-capable router?

--bob