Well a lot of routers even 3 years ago support IPv6. You can dual-stack pretty
much any router today if you have
the right IOS. But I do understand your concern, if you want to future proof
your purchase, I'd think any modern
router today with a good support contract will take care of you for quite some
time.
Make sure it's not close to EOL.
What kind of router are you considering? Is this for a large network? What are
the network needs?
> Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 17:09:20 -0700
> From: fra...@genius.com
> To: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Re: router lifetime
>
> I'm looking at various scenario, but basically it is looking at IPv6 in fact.
>
> It seems to me, that using a router/network appliance today for IPv6 will
> need to be replaced in 3 years or less.
>
> Looking at past, anything older than 3 years is not a viable solution for
> deploying IPv6.
>
> So I feel that routing/network appliance equipment have a life cycle similar
> to a PC, despite the fact as someone pointed out, they will run fine for many
> many years.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Heath Jones" <hj1...@gmail.com>
> To: "Franck Martin" <fra...@genius.com>
> Cc: nanog@nanog.org
> Sent: Saturday, 2 October, 2010 4:34:40 PM
> Subject: Re: router lifetime
>
> > How long do you keep a router in production?
> > What is your cycle for replacement of equipment?
>
> Hi Franck
>
> It really depends on the type of network you are running, the rate at
> which new features & bandwidth are required, and the availability of
> software and hardware upgrades. Also, in a lot of cases it is vendor
> driven - devices that are still very much in production are forced to
> be replaced because of vendor product lifecycle and the phasing out of
> support, even when serving their requirements well.
>
>
> Care to elaborate a little more on your planned scenario?
>
>
> Cheers
> Heath
>
