ARRIS updates wireless gateways

SUWANEE, USA: ARRIS Group Inc. has released a software upgrade that has enabled IPv6 support for more than 4 million ARRIS TG852/862 wireless gateways currently deployed across the Comcast broadband network- helping make Xfinity Internet one of the largest native IPv6 deployments of Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) worldwide.

ARRIS wireless gateways facilitate the seamless enablement of IPv6 broadband, which in turn allows operators like Comcast to plan its transition and deploy IPv6 support incrementally. IPv6 enabled broadband allows consumers to enjoy uninterrupted Internet service as the transition to IPv6 continues around the globe.

John Brzozowski, Comcast fellow and chief IPv6 architect, said: "Comcast has been working for over four years laying the technical foundation and paving the way for a smooth transition towards IPv6. Leveraging CPE that is software upgradeable and that can handle both IP versions has been critical to our success, and our extensive IPv6 rollout on CPE complements our DOCSIS 3.0 based Cable Modem Termination Systems, which ARRIS also develops and supplies to Comcast."