IPv6 Roll Out

AfriNatic said:
We don't use Mikrotik consumer devices. We have a single mikrotik in the dc which we are using for pppoe radius
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What would be nice would be to see a comprehensive page of the settings required for IPv6 on afrihost. Not a guide on how to setup two different consumer devices but a list of settings that we can try apply to any device. Like the prefix length, what DHCP options to set, what neighborhood discovery settings to apply etc.... That would help a lot for people not using the default afrihost hardware.

I dont mind being told I am on my own with a mikrotik router but having to try reverse engineer another manufacturers settings to determine what mine should be is very difficult and leaves a lot of room for errors
 
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Had my system working with IPv6. All tests successful. Have the router connected to a Gizzu UPS so it stays up during loadshedding, but when loadshedding ended and power returned we lost all connectivity. No amount of reboots worked...until I turned IPv6 off. Suddenly everything just worked again. Seems I'll need to leave IPv6 off for now.

On OpenServe.
 
Afrihost, when will your servers start offering ipv6?

for example:

[root@fw ~]# host envoy.aserv.co.za
envoy.aserv.co.za has address 197.242.158.99
envoy.aserv.co.za has address 197.242.153.180
envoy.aserv.co.za has address 197.242.158.96
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atunguyd said:
What would be nice would be to see a comprehensive page of the settings required for IPv6 on afrihost. Not a guide on how to setup two different consumer devices but a list of settings that we can try apply to any device. Like the prefix length, what DHCP options to set, what neighborhood discovery settings to apply etc.... That would help a lot for people not using the default afrihost hardware.

I dont mind being told I am on my own with a mikrotik router but having to try reverse engineer another manufacturers settings to determine what mine should be is very difficult and leaves a lot of room for errors
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@AfriNatic any chance of getting this added to the "to-do list"? Just after an official list of what IPV6 configuration is needed (not consumer hardware specific). Based on the upvotes above I am not the only one asking this.
 
AfriNatic said:
The IPv6 for prefix delegation is still being worked on by VX Fibre to make this available in the apps that control Vuma's Active Ethernet network.

As soon as it's available we will be one of the first to offer it. We have the subnets configure and ready to go.
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Is there any update on this for vuma trenched ?
 
Hi. I have a google mesh router which supports ipv6. however i enabled it rebooted ont etc but i still dont get IPv6
does afrihost support this from my google search they say and i qoute "

How IPv6 works with Google Nest Wifi and Google Wifi​

Google Nest Wifi and Google Wifi use a dual-stack implementation, which means that IPv4 traffic and IPv6 traffic may coexist on the same network (both wired and wireless). Google Nest Wifi and Google Wifi do not support IPv6 transitional protocols such as 6to4 or 6rd. Additionally, Google Nest Wifi and Google Wifi do not support IPv4 over IPv6 or IPv6+.

For IPv6 to work, all of these entities must support it:

  • Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) (must also support IPv4; we don’t support IPv6-only connections)
  • Your client devices
  • The operating system and applications running on your client devices
When IPv6 is enabled on Google Nest Wifi or Google Wifi, it uses the DHCPv6 protocol on its WAN port to request an address from your ISP. If the ISP supports the DHCPv6 protocol and has provisioned addresses for routers, then the router will obtain its own IPv6 address.

If the ISP has not provisioned addresses for routers, then the router will obtain its address using a procedure called StateLess Address AutoConfiguration (SLAAC or “slack”). The router also requests an IPv6 prefix from the ISP, which is used to send the IPv6 router advertisements to the clients on the LAN, to allow them to derive their own addresses.

If the ISP provides a usable prefix, Google Nest Wifi and Google Wifi will start sending IPv6 routing advertisements to clients on the LAN to allow them to pick and validate their own IPv6 addresses using the SLAAC (or “slack”) procedure."
 
eshar said:
Hi. I have a google mesh router which supports ipv6. however i enabled it rebooted ont etc but i still dont get IPv6
does afrihost support this from my google search they say and i qoute "

How IPv6 works with Google Nest Wifi and Google Wifi​

Google Nest Wifi and Google Wifi use a dual-stack implementation, which means that IPv4 traffic and IPv6 traffic may coexist on the same network (both wired and wireless). Google Nest Wifi and Google Wifi do not support IPv6 transitional protocols such as 6to4 or 6rd. Additionally, Google Nest Wifi and Google Wifi do not support IPv4 over IPv6 or IPv6+.

For IPv6 to work, all of these entities must support it:

  • Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) (must also support IPv4; we don’t support IPv6-only connections)
  • Your client devices
  • The operating system and applications running on your client devices
When IPv6 is enabled on Google Nest Wifi or Google Wifi, it uses the DHCPv6 protocol on its WAN port to request an address from your ISP. If the ISP supports the DHCPv6 protocol and has provisioned addresses for routers, then the router will obtain its own IPv6 address.

If the ISP has not provisioned addresses for routers, then the router will obtain its address using a procedure called StateLess Address AutoConfiguration (SLAAC or “slack”). The router also requests an IPv6 prefix from the ISP, which is used to send the IPv6 router advertisements to the clients on the LAN, to allow them to derive their own addresses.

If the ISP provides a usable prefix, Google Nest Wifi and Google Wifi will start sending IPv6 routing advertisements to clients on the LAN to allow them to pick and validate their own IPv6 addresses using the SLAAC (or “slack”) procedure."
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Sounds correct, should work on Afrihost
 
eshar said:
Hi. I have a google mesh router which supports ipv6. however i enabled it rebooted ont etc but i still dont get IPv6
does afrihost support this from my google search they say and i qoute "

How IPv6 works with Google Nest Wifi and Google Wifi​

Google Nest Wifi and Google Wifi use a dual-stack implementation, which means that IPv4 traffic and IPv6 traffic may coexist on the same network (both wired and wireless). Google Nest Wifi and Google Wifi do not support IPv6 transitional protocols such as 6to4 or 6rd. Additionally, Google Nest Wifi and Google Wifi do not support IPv4 over IPv6 or IPv6+.

For IPv6 to work, all of these entities must support it:

  • Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) (must also support IPv4; we don’t support IPv6-only connections)
  • Your client devices
  • The operating system and applications running on your client devices
When IPv6 is enabled on Google Nest Wifi or Google Wifi, it uses the DHCPv6 protocol on its WAN port to request an address from your ISP. If the ISP supports the DHCPv6 protocol and has provisioned addresses for routers, then the router will obtain its own IPv6 address.

If the ISP has not provisioned addresses for routers, then the router will obtain its address using a procedure called StateLess Address AutoConfiguration (SLAAC or “slack”). The router also requests an IPv6 prefix from the ISP, which is used to send the IPv6 router advertisements to the clients on the LAN, to allow them to derive their own addresses.

If the ISP provides a usable prefix, Google Nest Wifi and Google Wifi will start sending IPv6 routing advertisements to clients on the LAN to allow them to pick and validate their own IPv6 addresses using the SLAAC (or “slack”) procedure."
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Hi

Depending on which fibre network you are using - try to connect a laptop directly to the Fibre ONT/CPE and see if it gets and IPv6 address, then visit https://ipv6-test.com

You can also try a different router. It's not clear from the Google docs if they support DHCPv6+PD - which is probably what your ISP is using.
 
Atomic Access said:
Hi

Depending on which fibre network you are using - try to connect a laptop directly to the Fibre ONT/CPE and see if it gets and IPv6 address, then visit https://ipv6-test.com

You can also try a different router. It's not clear from the Google docs if they support DHCPv6+PD - which is probably what your ISP is using.
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my fiber provider is openserv. i have disconnected my router and pluged my laptop directly to the ont and created a pppoe connection which connected. and still only getting ipv4. @Afrigirl please can you look into this
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eshar said:
my fiber provider is openserv. i have disconnected my router and pluged my laptop directly to the ont and created a pppoe connection which connected. and still only getting ipv4. @Afrigirl please can you look into this
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IPv6 is enabled on the router with DHCPV6? if enabled then it should work as Openserve natively supports IPv6 however @Afrigirl and @AfriNatic should get you sorted.
 
AfriNatic said:
Can you click on the WAN Connection and see if there are options there that can be edited?
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Hi. As per the screen shot is the WAN settings on google mesh. I can confirm Google Mesh IPv6 is a problem with openserv. I have put i mikrotik down infront of the mesh. however i need some help with the mikrotik.
i have ipv6 working on the mikrotik. i can ping and ip 6 address via the mikrotik. however if i plug my laptop into the mikrotik the laptop does not get ipv6. is there any advise. i can share my config if needed
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@AfriNatic Does your FrogFoot CPT fiber not support IPv6? Used my own and your router with your suggested settings on the help page, cant get an IPv6 address.
 
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