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

[Bradley Amm]

I was wondering this just now actually

Seeing as iiNet/Internode have IPV6 have they enabled it by default on their BOB/Buddi/BobLite Modems they sell.
I don’t have one to try it with



From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Scott Howard
Sent: Sunday, 27 July 2014 9:05 AM
To: Joshua D'Alton
Cc: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] 1Tb/s native ipv6 traffic on comcast

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