While being simple and effective, this method to distribute IPv6 doesn’t match the requirements and features of the neighbouring IPv4 network at all. There is no redundancy and in comparison it is hardly managed.

A good start, to try to deploy an IPv6 pilot network, is to extend the IPv6 network to the current IPv4- only nodes and to run the network in dual-stack mode. With the goal to use this pilot for production usage one day, it is not only necessary to deploy IPv6 as dual-stack, but also to integrate IPv6 into all management procedures and to require that all concepts that are current practice in IPv4 will also be applied for IPv6. This means especially the requirement for the demand for redundancy, reliability and security.

Looking at the well-established procedures and methods used for the IPv4 network this is not so easy to accomplish and will require a lot of work, adaptation and education of NOC personnel.