IPv6 Roll Out

ADrunkTeddyBear said:
*Cries in ubuntu 16.04 LTS*
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is supported until 2026 through Canonical’s Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) product. Xenial entered the ESM period in April 2021, with security patches for five additional years, beyond the five years of standard support.

So you aren't part of that group. You chose an OS that will get updates for years to come. But if you didn't install updates then you would be part of that group
 
Hi
After moving my OpenServe to Afrihost this week, I am trying to get IPv6 working on my Mikrotik Router. I used the pastebin provided by @blunt. The DHCPv6 client is stuck on searching.
Not sure if it might have something to do with the transferring of the line and maybe a config still needs to be pushed.
Do I just need the single PPPoE interface to create the IPv4 connection and then the DHCPv6 is run on top of that?
 
francoistk said:
Hi
After moving my OpenServe to Afrihost this week, I am trying to get IPv6 working on my Mikrotik Router. I used the pastebin provided by @blunt. The DHCPv6 client is stuck on searching.
Not sure if it might have something to do with the transferring of the line and maybe a config still needs to be pushed.
Do I just need the single PPPoE interface to create the IPv4 connection and then the DHCPv6 is run on top of that?
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Morning,

We run the Ipv6 enabler script once a month to get the new accounts enabled.

I will ask Dev to run it for us again to enable your account.
 
francoistk said:
Ah no problem. I was just wondering.
Thank you.
Much appreciated
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Okay confirmation that all accounts was already enabled.

Drop me a pm with your username so I can check if your router is asking for Ipv6 or not.
 
I can confirm that I've managed to get IPv6 working on my UDM Pro (Afrihost fibre through Openserve). All working nicely, although I had to dip into the CLI to get it working 100%.

@AfriNatic Can you confirm how long the IPv6 lease lasts for before the prefix delegation is refreshed with a new prefix?
 
deweyzeph said:
I can confirm that I've managed to get IPv6 working on my UDM Pro (Afrihost fibre through Openserve). All working nicely, although I had to dip into the CLI to get it working 100%.

@AfriNatic Can you confirm how long the IPv6 lease lasts for before the prefix delegation is refreshed with a new prefix?
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On Openserve the prefix length is /60
 
AfriNatic said:
On Openserve the prefix length is /60
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Thanks, but what I wanted to know is how long does the prefix that is allocated to you last for? How often is it refreshed? Does it persist across PPPOE reconnections, or do you get a new one everytime your PPPOE connection reconnects?
 
deweyzeph said:
Thanks, but what I wanted to know is how long does the prefix that is allocated to you last for? How often is it refreshed? Does it persist across PPPOE reconnections, or do you get a new one everytime your PPPOE connection reconnects?
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We try to keep it sticky. Currently we have a session time out for PPPoE for 7 days so the prefix should renew every 7 days if the session doesn't drop. If the session drops due to lost carrier which might be line related our DHCPv6 might see the old prefix allocated as "in use" and allocate a new one.
 
AfriNatic said:
We try to keep it sticky. Currently we have a session time out for PPPoE for 7 days so the prefix should renew every 7 days if the session doesn't drop. If the session drops due to lost carrier which might be line related our DHCPv6 might see the old prefix allocated as "in use" and allocate a new one.
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Awesome, thanks for the info!
 
deweyzeph said:
Interesting article for you guys to check out:

www.6connect.com

Is your ISP constantly changing the delegated IPv6 prefix on your CPE/router?

ISP's changing the delegated IPv6 prefix on your CPE/router can be an inconvenience, to say the least.
www.6connect.com www.6connect.com
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I think this might be what I have been seeing!
I enabled IPv6 on my Asus RT-AC86U but after a few days, all IPv6 devices stoped working, until I restarted said device....laptop and phones.
I have disabled IPv6 because of it a while back, and all working perfect again.
 
TheMannequin said:
I think this might be what I have been seeing!
I enabled IPv6 on my Asus RT-AC86U but after a few days, all IPv6 devices stoped working, until I restarted said device....laptop and phones.
I have disabled IPv6 because of it a while back, and all working perfect again.
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What I don't understand is why ISP's aren't handing out static IPv6 prefixes to clients instead of dynamic ones as a matter of course. There is so much address space to go around in the prefix, that an ISP could give out a static prefix to each and every client and never run out of address space.
 
If they give you a /60 prefix as an example it should be sufficient for home use. Question is why does the prefix change sometimes. I believe @websquad will give you a static one if requested. Not sure about @AfriNatic
 
Gimli said:
If they give you a /60 prefix as an example it should be sufficient for home use. Question is why does the prefix change sometimes. I believe @websquad will give you a static one if requested. Not sure about @AfriNatic
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I've had to implement ULA (Unique Local Addresses) on my local network in order to access my Pi Hole, for example, on IPv6. So essentially every device on my network has 2 IPv6 addresses, a GUA (global unique address) issued by the ISP, and ULA issued only from my router that never changes.
 
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