> > Do you have an actual example of a vendor, today, charging a higher > > license fee for IPv6 support? > > Juniper. If you want to run OSPFv3 on their layer 3 switches, you need > a quite expensive "advanced" licence. OSPFv2, on the other hand, is > included in the base licence. > > Our IPv6 topology is largely based on static routes because of this. > There's no customers that are willing to pay extra for IPv6 support at > the moment, hence we cannot justify the extra cost of the licences. It > sucks. I hope Juniper will come to their senses soon.
It used to be considerably worse. As late as May 2009, Juniper charged $10.000 (list price) for an "IPv6 Support on JunOS" on license (for high end M/MX/T series), and the same amount for an E series IPv6 license. Fortunately Juniper seems to have come to their senses here, and these licenses are now $0. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sth...@nethelp.no
