[ipv6-wg] Soft v6CPE

It’s a tunnel broker server device (and not a pure service like HE or sixxs) 
hosted at the SP and terminated at the consumer, so it uses the SP resources 
like v6 addr block, etc.

The tunnel broker server is a commercial product, while the Soft v6CPE is 
free. Both run on TSP protocol, RFC 5572, so it can traverse NATs easily. 
DS-Lite is also supported on both ends.

For a demo of the above checkout the Freenet6 service, it uses the same gear 
and soft CPE.

-Ahmed



-----Original Message----- 
From: Tim Chown
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 10:27 PM
To: Tony Hain
Cc: 'Ahmed Abu-Abed' ; ipv6-wg at ripe.net
Subject: Re: [ipv6-wg] Soft v6CPE

Well, I think what Ahmed is describing is essentially a tunnel broker.

There aren't a lot of broker providers out there still, beyond sixxs and HE, 
or are there?

Tim

On 17 Oct 2012, at 18:36, "Tony Hain" <alh-ietf at tndh.net> wrote:

> Arguably this is the same deployment model as PPP over voice tunneling 
> used
> 15+ years ago. The fact that the customer edge moves faster than the 
> access
> network is independent of the actual technologies in use. The definition 
> of
> "cpe" has always been fluid, and encompasses just about anything that 
> could
> be at the consumer end of the access link.
>
> Tony
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ipv6-wg-bounces at ripe.net [mailto:ipv6-wg-bounces at ripe.net] On
>> Behalf Of Ahmed Abu-Abed
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 4:17 AM
>> To: ipv6-wg at ripe.net
>> Subject: [ipv6-wg] Soft v6CPE
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Should RIPE include Soft v6CPE in their IPv6 CPE survey ?
>>
>> These are basically low-cost software solutions that enable an end user 
>> to
>> get IPv6 global connectivity from their SP's own IPv6 address block and
>> service, but works over existing IPv4 access infrastructure and existing
> v4
>> only CPEs.
>>
>> Soft v6CPEs use a 'short distance' tunneling solution which is terminated
> at
>> the SP premise. Similar to 6RD but doesn't require a hardware CPE, and
> helps
>> in rapidly spreading v6 connectivity.
>>
>> The Soft v6CPE solution I have seen on PCs has a simple plug and play
>> installation and free cost. Note that the SP has to be IPv6 ready at the
> core
>> with global connectivity and install an v6 tunnel server for the solution
> to
>> work; then they can issue global v6 address blocks from their allocation
> to
>> customers.
>>
>> Regards,
>> -Ahmed
>
>
>