[AusNOG] 1Tb/s native ipv6 traffic on comcast

[Scott Howard]

On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 7:54 AM, Scott Howard <scott at doc.net.au> wrote:

> And it's only going to get better - I use Comcast and in my area they are
> pushing everyone to upgrade to DOCSIS 3.0, which will likely significant
> increase the number of people with IPv6 capable CPE.
>

I finally got around to upgrading my Comcast connection to a DOCSIS 3 modem
last night (I'd previously been using a DOCSIS 2 version, and DOCSIS 2
doesn't support IPv6). At the same time I set my ASUS router back to it's
default setting of "Native" for IPv6 (it had previously been configured to
tunnel to HE).

Without any other changes or configuration, the majority of the devices on
my network picked up an IPv6 address and started using it.  Windows, Mac,
Android (Phone + tablet) and Linux all "just worked".  The only two devices
that didn't pickup an IPv6 address are my Sony Dash (long ago discontinued
so not surprising) and, annoyingly, my Roku - which means that even though
NetFlix supports IPv6, mine will still be over IPv4.

Point is, if I was just a average Comcast user, with nothing but defaults
settings on standard hardware, I'm now running IPv6 across most of my
network without even realizing it, or without even knowing what IPv6 is!

So yes, I'd say 1Tbps of traffic is very, very believable!

  Scott
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