Going forward, the UNH-IOL will focus on testing for the IPv6 Ready CPE Logo so that home router manufacturers can promote their support of IPv6 using a test program that validates both conformance and interoperability. This testing will also allow home router manufacturers to address potential IPv6 issues prior to deployment in order to avoid potentially costly problems in the field. By confirming IPv6 readiness in home networking equipment, home router vendors will also help operators ramp-up for the delivery of reliable, uninterrupted Internet service(s) to their customers using IPv6 addresses.

About the UNH-IOL: Founded in 1988, the UNH-IOL provides independent, broad-based interoperability and standards conformance testing for data, telecommunications and storage networking products and technologies. Combining extensive staff experience, standards bodies' participation and a 32,000+ square-foot facility, the UNH-IOL helps companies efficiently and cost effectively deliver products to the market. 

About the author: Winters is a senior manager of IP technologies at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). He works with companies from all over the world to develop broad-based, flexible testing strategies to cost effectively meet network interoperability requirements for the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), routing, and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) communities. Winters is the United States Government IPv6 (USGv6) and IPv6 Ready Logo technical lead for the UNH-IOL.

in Network World's LAN & WAN section.