Implementing IPv6: Milestones and Methodologies

One of the many advantages of the test lab, discussed in the previous post, is that you can reveal aspects of your planned IPv6 implementation in which hardware or software support is either not yet available or is “not ready for prime time.” Armed with this information you can, depending on your priorities and funding, begin a search for a vendor that does meet your needs, pressure your existing vendor to bring his products into compliance with your requirements, or even (in the case of some software) build your own.

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