US Cable Support > Comcast HSI > [IPv6] Deployment of IPv6 Begins

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Re: [IPv6] Deployment of IPv6 Begins

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reply to jlivingood

said by jlivingood:

said by jus10:

Is there anyway to get a list of "earlier IPv6" trial areas?

Yes, you can browse through older posts @ »www.comcast6.net. We have mentioned previously San Francisco, CA, Philadelphia, PA, Miramar, FL, Chicago, IL, and Denver, CO. We are, however, admittedly vague on where in each of those areas, for operational reasons.

That being said - it never hurts to contact your local market to tell them you really want IPv6.

reply to jlivingood
What about the Cisco E4200? what can it do?

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reply to Mike Wolf

said by Mike Wolf:

said by somms:

According to the official supported deveice link, I would have to now downgrade my Motorola SB6121 to the older/obsolete SB6120 in order to participate!

the firmware is exactly the same, as is the physical hardware (I have both and have inspected both first hand) so I think adding the SB6121 to the list is just a formality at this point.

sweet!

reply to ctgreybeard
I'm concerned about what exactly the hardware version 2.0 of the E4200 brings to the table as compared to the hardware version 1.0. I did find this cool help site. »www.tunnelbroker.net/forums/inde···c=1850.0

Alright well I bit the bullet and gotthe e4200v2 and I must say its a nice router. It handles IPv6 the same as the original version, but it has a better processor 1.2GHz and more memory 256MB and the usb storage is much faster.

this post is in response to a discussion that started to go off topic here. »Re: Evidence of 8 Downstream Channel Bonding - Post Here

My point is 1% is still leaving 99% of the customers who want IPv6 out of luck. To be fair I know Jason and John work very hard at their jobs and I have nothing but respect and admeration for them, but I'm just stating that Comcast's rollout to four more states as they stated in November is currently only for customers with computers directly connected to their modems and possibly we are a long ways off to getting to the point of assigning IPv6 to the majority of customers who use routers as their gateway device. It was mentioned here »blog.comcast.com/2011/11/ipv6-de···ent.html that "This first phase will support certain types of directly connected CPE, where a single computer is connected directly to a cable modem. Subsequent phases in 2011 and 2012 will support home gateway devices and variable length prefixes." yet there has not been any word since November (it's now March) as to what has taken place since this first phase or when these subsequent phases are to take place. Granted as it was stated in both these articles that things could happen that could delay the national rollout, customers may start to think that unless they hear progress is being made, that the project stalled. »blog.comcast.com/2011/11/ipv6-de···ogy.html

reply to jlivingood
My in-laws asked me to recommend a modem for them to buy so they could stop renting, and I recommended the 6120...which is what I bought last year...was that not a good recommendation? I've read other people say it's older and on its way out...The IPv6 thing made me think I steered them in the wrong direction...Or will it be ok for years yet?

Both the SB6121 and SB6120 use the same firmware and hardware, with the exception of an internal low pass filter to eliminate MoCA signal overload (which is rare). Both work exactly the same so yes it was a good recommendation. It's a DOCSIS 3.0 modem which aside from its channel bonding capabilities, gigabit ethernet port, and higher speed capacity, they support IPv6, so it will be future-proof for quite a long time It's why I myself own both an SB6121 and SB6120 and if your parents in law had asked me my recommendation I would have made the same one you did.

I'm also a bit worried about being able to synch it up once it arrives. When I got my 6120 around this time last year, it took quite a long time to get it working. The phone rep could see it on his end, but when we went to push it thru, it wouldn't get sync. The lights would go through their cycle, and just when it looked like it'd sync, would reboot. Eventually it just started working. Seems to be a common issue with the 6120...tho I can't tell if it's a signal issue, a 6120 issue, or something else. Was it trying to download new firmware, and my constant unplugging was interupting this update? I'm a bit worried about being able to get it online for my in-laws when they call to tell me it arrived in the mail.

I think the 6120 not syncing and the problems you had is a exception and not the rule.
I have installed about a dozen of them for friends, neighbors and family with Comcast and never had one problem.
Maybe something else was going on.

reply to Mike Wolf

If you were going to go 8 stream bonding, you might as well wait till 8x8 were to come out.

If someone is looking to buy a modem now, it would make better sense to buy an 8 x 4 modem for the same or less money as the 4 x 4 modems.

reply to Mike Wolf

I know, What I was saying was that there is always going to be new products going on the market left and right as technology is rapidly changing.

Rapidly changing technology as you say it, is irrelevant when someone wants to buy a modem "now". Possible 8 x 8 modems isn't what is being compared. 8 x 4 vs 4 x 4 is the comparison.