Good to hear that you are looking at updating 1258 to work with IPv6. When you do will you show that on the purchase page?
Or, can I be on a waiting list for the IPv6 units?
To be a little more specific about our situation:
The cable companies, at least here, can deliver IPv4 when they have their cable coming directly to your house. That is the case with Time Warner. But even they are rumbling about converting to IPv6, and that day is coming they say. But they don't say when. They just say it is.
The AT&T/Direct TV folks have just completed a campaign to deliver U-Verse and went hard sell door-to-door to lure the neighbors at a price few could turn down. Even me. And, their streaming video works amazingly well. Laptops, Mac or PC, don't complain either. So, most consumers won't care about 6 or 4 or ever know what that is, and that is more reason for the companies to go in that direction, with the capability of delivering unlimited IP address, even if they aren't the real deal. Here is how they do it:
The way AT&T wires their system is to put their lines into a local box, down the street and around the corner 3 blocks away, and then that unit is the modem (but they won't admit it). The further away from that street modem you are, the lower your speeds are. So, from that modem it comes to the house "Fiber" and when it is in the house, it is in the form of a 75 ohm coax. So you really don't know the difference. However, that coax is connected inside the house (next to my computer) to a "Connected Home Adapter" which is about the size of a candy bar (fits in the palm of your hand, 4" x 2" x 1 --- Model number: Direct TV - DCAU1RO-01). We are doing our diligence to determine if it is indeed IPv6 but it is looking that way. (Many ham buddies say or think it is DSL, but my calls to AT&T have told me it is definitely not DSL).
The first clue that it is possibly 6 was the 1258 wouldn't hook up.
WhatsMyIp shows two addresses, one that looks like a regular IP address, and the other that looks like a MAC address.
I love the two years I have had my 1258 and rave about it to just about any ham I meet. I am hoping that you can find a solution on your end while here on our end we might possibly have to go back to providers who are charging twice as much because they think they can. I might have to have both AT&T and TW at an additional expense just to get the job done.
Okay, let me know how I can find out if and when IPv6 1258's are available because soon the Internet is going to be invaded by 6's and 4's might be harder to find.
Ken - W6BQZ - Carlsbad
