• Re: IPv6

    From Warpslide@21:3/110.2 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Jul 12 13:59:38 2022
    *** Quoting poindexter FORTRAN from a message to deon ***

    So, apparently, my router has IPV6 turned on, and is receiving an
    IPV6 address from my ISP. One of the people on the Fido IPV6 echo
    scanned my address and letme know!

    I haven't gotten it working yet, my understanding was that Comcast
    wasn't rolling out IPV6 yet.

    I had fun playing with this. The router I'm using (EdgeRouter X) takes the block my ISP gives (/64 by default, but I can set it to get a /60 or /56) and then divides that up with different prefixes on my subnets:

    I currently have these three networks on my router:
    2607:fea8:ab00:b7a1::1/64
    2607:fea8:ab00:b7a2::1/64
    2607:fea8:ab00:b7a3::1/64


    nslookup bbs.nrbbs.net
    Server: UnKnown
    Address: 10.0.1.1

    Non-authoritative answer:
    Name: bbs.nrbbs.net
    Addresses: 2607:fea8:ab00:b7a3:f1d0:1:229:664
    173.34.186.144

    I have my router set to grab a /60 at the moment which means I can have 16
    /64 networks. I played with other network lengths and only /64, /60 & /56 seemed to work with my ISP. I'd be happy with a /62 which would give me 4 /64s. But then again, it's not like IPv6 addresses are in short supply... ;)

    The only thing that catches me every now & then is when my ISP suddenly
    changes prefixes on me, my router doesn't handle that very well sometimes.


    Jay

    ... Running a business is about 95% people and 5% economics

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  • From Warpslide@21:3/110.2 to deon on Tue Jul 12 21:49:24 2022
    *** Quoting deon from a message to poindexter FORTRAN ***

    Sadly as somebody said once somewhere, many ISPs are playing, testing
    IPv6 and in some cases have rolled it out, but end users dont know
    and their CPE cant handle it if they do...

    Or it does support it, but it's turned off by default as is the case with the Asus WiFi mesh system that I have. *shrugs*


    Jay

    ... After all is said and done, a hell of a lot more is said than done

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