[GRLUG] Comcast dual stack IPV6 spotted in Muskegon

Adam Tauno Williams awilliam at whitemice.org
Mon Nov 25 12:50:49 EST 2013


On Mon, 2013-11-25 at 06:36 -0500, Eric Yagerlener wrote:
> If I get the time, I'll have to get a linux box with 2 NICS and do the
> debugging on why comcast's prefixes delegations get terminated early.
> In the meantime, it's back to IPV4 and tunnelbroker.   At least with
> tunnelbroker your IPV6 prefix is set in stone, with Comcast, it will
> change on a whim.   I thought the reasoning behind IPV6 is that
> addresses won't by scarce. 

+1 "I thought the reasoning behind IPV6 is that addresses won't by
scarce. "

Why not just give every customer a static delegation for the duration of
their contract?  There is plenty of space.  The way ISPs are going about
it either just kludgey or for some reason deliberately sort-of broken.




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