[arin-discuss] Trying to Understand IPV6

[Dan White]

On 13/09/10 12:48 -0700, Owen DeLong wrote:
>> Consider a long range scenario for that customer. A scenario in which they
>> may purchase networking equipment for multiple purposes in 5 or 10, or 20
>> years that performs layer two separation between different functions in
>> their network. E.g. Wifi, Bluetooth/USB, appliances, voice, video, visitor
>> access, alarm system, automobiles, utilities, etc.
>>
>I think you mean layer three separation.

Well, by extension. I do really mean layer two separation as a way to force
layer three separation, like with VLAN per subscriber configurations you
can do with Cisco Wifi gear.

If I had the equipment and addressing to support it today, I'd firewall
many devices into their own broadcast domain and subnet, especially any
opaque devices I don't have source code to.

I don't think it's going to be very long at all before do-it-yourselfers at
home, running a consumer wifi router, are going to see the same type of complex
network growth seen in small to medium sized business networks today.

I predict per-device layer two separation to be one, of many, solutions to
address that level of complexity in consumer gear.

-- 
Dan White