[AusNOG] Internode IPv6 Support

Mark Smith markzzzsmith at gmail.com
Thu Nov 26 20:52:30 EST 2015


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On 26 Nov 2015 20:11, "David Beveridge" <dave at bevhost.com> wrote:

> Problem is resolved,
> Cancelled Internode
> Ordered Telstra
> It worked straight away.
>
> dave
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 1:51 PM, David Beveridge <dave at bevhost.com> wrote:
>
>> Still haven't heard from internode!  is there anyone there?...
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Mark Smith <markzzzsmith at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 20 October 2015 at 12:17, Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:
>>> > On Tue, 2015-10-20 at 11:16 +1100, Mark Newton wrote:
>>> >> On Oct 19, 2015, at 3:01 PM, Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:
>>> >> > I don't get a prefix on the outside interface. There is no technical
>>> >> > need for one, either
>>> >> The point was to make sure that a user with a single PC plugged into
>>> >> the ethernet jack on their bridged-mode CPE would have a working
>>> >> internet service.
>>> >
>>> > But I don't get one. Waah! Why don't I get one?
>>> >
>>> > My theory: The MikroTik only has a DHCPv6-PD client configured on the
>>> > outside interface, not a DHCPv6 client. So it can pick up a prefix OK,
>>> > but won't get a GUA. Router interfaces don't do SLAAC,
>>>
>>> Actually, routers doing SLAAC on their WAN interface is supported in
>>> RFC7084, "Basic Requirements for IPv6 Customer Edge Routers" (W-1 and
>>> WAA-1 requirements).
>>>
>>> I think SLAAC on the PE-CE link and DHCPv6-PD for the downstream is
>>> the most accommodating model as, as Mark said, it allows a PC to be
>>> directly plugged into the service, which is useful even if just for
>>> troubleshooting of the service.
>>>
>>> > so it won't get a
>>> > GUA that way either - but a singleton PC on a bridge-mode CPE *would*
>>> do
>>> > DHCPv6 and/or SLAAC, so would get an address.
>>> >
>>> > I must try plugging a box directly into my bridge-mode CPE to see what
>>> > happens.
>>> >
>>>
>>
>> So I just did that, I used my fedora 20 laptop with rp-pppoe &
>> wide-dhcpv6.
>> As soon as ppp0 comes up, it has an IPv4 and IPv6 address on it.
>>
>> When I run the dhcp6c client in PD mode, It keeps sending SOLICIT
>> messages and receives nothing back, I used tcpdump to confirm, nothing
>> comes back.
>>
>> Perhaps this has something to be with the fact it's an NBN connection;
>> who knows.
>>
>> Thanks everyone for your help, I was hoping that someone from Internode
>> who actually knows IPv6 would contact me, but I don't think that will
>> happen.
>>
>> dave
>>
>>
>
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