Subj : IPv6
To   : Andrew Leary
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Wed Dec 04 2013 11:42:49

Hello Andrew,

On Tuesday December 03 2013 18:22, you wrote to me:

 AL>>>  so I ended up using a sixxs.net AYIYA tunnel.

 MvdV>> And then I found out, I could not make it route a subnet....

 AL> The information I got from sixxs.net says that I have a routed /64
 AL> subnet;

When I applied for a tunnel, they did not give you a /64 subnet with it. I applied for and got a /48 subnet.

 AL> I haven't tried setting up anything on that yet.

A subnet is useless unless you can have it routed into your LAN. So that other machines on your LAN get public IPv6 addresses in the subnet's range. I could not make that work with the AYIYA tunnel that ended on an XP machine. Jeroen Massaar was not helpful and I could not find anyone else either that had made it work.

I finally gave up and when the he.net + linksys route...

 MvdV>> And so I decided on another road. I went for a router that coud
 MvdV>> handle the tunnel end point for me. OpenWRT on a Linksys WRT54g

 AL> When I do upgrade, I'm going to switch to something with gigabit
 AL> ethernet support.

A wise move. I will make that a high priority selection item when shopping for my next router

 AL>  I have done a little looking into what routers have IPv6 support or
 AL> can have it added by flashing to alternative firmware.

Already three years ago I decided that I would not no longer buy new network stuff that does not support IPv6.

 AL>>> Once I upgrade to a new router that supports IPv6, I will
 AL>>> probably switch to a 6in4 static tunnel until such time as my
 AL>>> ISP deploys native IPv6.

 MvdV>> I have alreay taken that step two years ago. Now I wait for
 MvdV>> native IPv6 from my ISP. They do not seem to be in a hurry...
 MvdV>> :-(

 AL> Most ISPs aren't (yet.)

Unfortunately all but a very few are agonisingly slow. Mine (Ziggo) say they will start roll-out next year. They have been saying that for the last five years... :-(


Cheers, Michiel

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