NAT  | IPv6 only  | v4/v6 dual stack  | A+P approach  | CGN (ds-lite)  | ||||
Works with current IPv4 Internet  | partially  | no  | yes  | yes  | partially (same as NAT)  | |||
Additional customers with v4 access can be added after exhaustion  | no  | n/a  | no  | yes  | yes  | |||
Requires protocol translation to access v4 content (ALG)  | no  | yes  | no  | no  | no  | |||
Costly to Implement  | no  | no  | no  | yes  | yes  | |||
Requires Gateway Devices  | yes  | no  | no  | yes  | yes  | |||
Complex for deployment  | no  | yes  | no  | yes  | yes  | |||
Requires Changes on Hosts  | no  | yes  | no  | no  | no  | |||
end2end connectivity  | no  | yes  | yes  | yes  | no  | |||
Will extend the life of v4  | no  | no  | no  | yes  | yes  | |||
Will encourage v6 deployment  | no  | yes  | yes  | yes  | maybe  | |||
Is scalable  | partially  | yes  | yes  | yes  | no  | |||
Works with ipsec  | no  | yes  | yes  | no  | no  | |||
Customer controls the way of translation in CPE  | yes  | n/a  | yes  | yes  | no  | |||
Handles ICMP echo  | outgoing ping only  | yes  | yes  | outgoing ping only  | outgoing ping only  | |||
Handles ICMP (other types)  | yes  | yes  | yes  | yes  | yes  | |||
Customer can get incoming WKP (well known ports)  | yes  | yes  | yes  | yes  | no  | |||
Handles port randomisation  | yes  | yes  | yes  | partially (within the allocated port range)  | yes  | |||
Applause  | ||||||||
Neutral  | ||||||||
Mnjah...  | ||||||||
No way...  |