FiercetelecomWhat about IPv6-capable devices in the home? FierceTelecom has a great post out reminding us all that it’s not enough to ensure that the back-end infrastructure is IPv6-capable – IPv6’s next transition challenge: The broadband home network.

The article reports on some of what came out of the UNH Interoperability Lab’s recent IPv6 testing and ends with this key point:

Being IPv6-capable is not just about traditional CPE that the cable operator or telco provides to the consumer, it’s also about the growing bevy of devices (gaming consoles, security alarms, etc.) that the everyday user is going to purchase from their local electronic store. The expectation there is they take home the device, plug it in and it works.

In the ideal world, users should not even have to care… their devices should “just work” with IPv6. But, of course, the world is not ideal and so for at least some period of time we’ll no doubt need some kind of “IPv6 Ready” logo program for devices…

Originally from Voxeo Blogs