D-Link successfully passes second round of IPv6 interoperability testing

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, USA: D-Link successfully completed a new round of IPv6 interoperability testing at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory's (UNH-IOL) third IPv6 Customer Edge (CE) Router Interoperability Test Event held Nov. 7-11, 2011. This was D-Link's second successful participation in a UNH-IOL IPv6 CPE test event after the company became one of only two vendors to pass an earlier test program held in June 2011.

"D-Link's research and development teams are committed to expanding the range of DIR-Series routers that are primed and ready for IPv6 deployment," said William Brown, associate VP of product development, D-Link North America. "As the only major customer edge equipment vendor to pass this latest round of tests, D-Link's support and efforts to drive IPv6 remains steadfast."

The UNH-IOL's third IPv6 CE Router Interoperability Test Event brought together operators and CE Router vendors to prepare for the delivery of reliable, uninterrupted Internet service to new and existing customers using IPv6, and to enable end-user connectivity by ensuring IPv6 readiness in home or small office networking environments. During the event, the UNH-IOL used publically routable IPv6 addresses, allowing participants to connect to the global IPv6 Internet.

In addition to verifying that select D-Link DIR-Series routers are ready to be deployed in IPv6 networks, the test event proved support of transition mechanisms, such as 6rd, in some CE Routers, which is needed to maintain connectivity for subscribers when networks are not dual-stack (both IPv4 and IPv6). The full list of successfully tested devices can be viewed online.

The UNH-IOL also published the "IPv6 CE Router Interoperability Whitepaper" in conjunction with the IPv6 CE Router Interoperability Test Event. The whitepaper, authored by Timothy Winters, senior manager for the UNH-IOL, provides an overview of the test event, outlines the test methodologies used during the event, analyzes test results and offers an outlook on future testing efforts required for widespread deployment of IPv6 at the customer edge.