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On 08/03/2011 12:15, John Carlyle-Clarke wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4D761DE7.8030201@wormdrive.net" type="cite">On
08/03/11 12:08, Robert Longbottom wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">What about things like domestic switches?
I have a 5 port and an 8 port
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Netgear gigabit switches? Does these already understand IPV6?
Can you
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upgrade the firmware on them, or will I end up throwing them
away. Do
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switches like that even care about IPV4 vs IPV6?
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Hi Robert-
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Switches are Layer 2 devices normally, so are unaware of IP. Some
of them have a management interface (usually HTTP) so that may be
an issue, but since that only needs to be accessed locally the
fact that it may be IPv4 only shouldn't pose an issue.
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John
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<font size="-1"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Well thats
nice to know anyway :-)</font></font><br>
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