[ppml] Arguments against Policy Proposal: IPv4 Soft Landing

[Bob Evans]

 Wow, 16 Million cable modems that dont support IPv6....It's not hard to
imagine...I knew it would happen once TCI got everyone on the docsis band
wagon. And it was so obvious back then that TCI was just slowing things
up until they could prepare to deploy...it's very likely.

bob evans

> Alain,
>
> On May 22, 2007, at 6:43 PM, Durand, Alain wrote:
>>> how much private IPv4 address space would be enough?
>>
>> It depends on the size of the network. In our case, if we had not
>> been planning for IPv6, I would say probably a /4 would be enough...
>
> I'm a bit confused.
>
> You have indicated you have > 16M legacy devices that don't support
> IPv6 and can't be upgraded.  When asked how much additional private
> space you need, you say if you hadn't been planning for IPv6 then
> approximately 1/4th the entire IANA free pool would be sufficient to
> number your internal infrastructure.  However, you have been planning
> for IPv6 so presumably you would require less space.  Any idea how
> much additional IPv4 space you will require to number legacy devices
> that don't support IPv6 and can't be upgraded?
>
> Thanks,
> -drc
>
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