NEC

IX5000: NEC's layer3 switch series
Hardware forwarding of IPv6 packets
LAN/WAN interfaces, tunneling
Routing protocols: RIPng and BGP4+
OSPFv3 and PIM will be supported in future versions
Official release: October 2000
Contact point
info@ipv6.nec.co.jp

Biglobe: a big ISP in Japan operated by NEC
will start IPv6 trial service in the autumn of 2000
based on tunneling
for existing IPv4 customers