IPv6

cobusv

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ive been keen on trying ipv6 and since almost none of the local isp's yet support this for their customers, i resorted to getting a tunnel going with Hurrican Electric. They have a local tunnel server to which you can termite sessions to.

The problem however is quite bad in that none of the local isp's have implemented this properly and latencies are sky high for anything ipv6 related.

Here is a test i did to mybroadband on ipv4 and ipv6

IPv4:
Code:
[root@fw ~]# traceroute www.mybroadband.co.za
traceroute to www.mybroadband.co.za (104.20.10.169), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1  gateway (10.0.5.1)  1.314 ms  17.270 ms  17.252 ms
2  * * *
3  41.193.164.85 (41.193.164.85)  20.857 ms  4.591 ms  4.564 ms
4  41.193.164.86 (41.193.164.86)  4.284 ms  3.349 ms  4.481 ms
5  41.193.164.92 (41.193.164.92)  6.088 ms  6.509 ms  6.723 ms
6  cloudflare.ixp.joburg (196.60.8.198)  6.027 ms  5.676 ms  5.818 ms
7  104.20.10.169 (104.20.10.169)  5.775 ms  6.040 ms  11.155 ms


IPv6
Code:
[root@fw ~]# traceroute6 www.mybroadband.co.za
traceroute to www.mybroadband.co.za (2606:4700:10::6814:9a9), 30 hops max, 80 byte packets
1  2001:470:1f23:xx::1 (2001:470:1f23:xx::1)  0.657 ms  0.628 ms  0.628 ms
2  tunnel411xxx.tunnel.tserv1.jnb1.ipv6.he.net (2001:470:1f22:xx::1)  5.560 ms  5.817 ms  4.993 ms
3  10ge11-15.core1.jnb1.he.net (2001:470:0:303::1)  5.538 ms  5.246 ms  3.854 ms
4  e0-24.core1.dur1.he.net (2001:470:0:35e::2)  14.192 ms  15.052 ms  15.914 ms
5  e0-48.core1.mba1.he.net (2001:470:0:47b::1)  181.882 ms  182.710 ms  181.579 ms
6  10ge14-6.core1.jib1.he.net (2001:470:0:123::2)  259.331 ms  258.878 ms  258.822 ms
7  cloudflare.v6.peers.djix.dj (2001:43f8:9c1:1::207)  258.766 ms  258.828 ms  258.787 ms
8  2400:cb00:122:1024::ac44:810e (2400:cb00:122:1024::ac44:810e)  258.761 ms 2400:cb00:122:1024::ac44:8106 (2400:cb00:122:1024::ac44:8106)  259.070 ms 2400:cb00:122:1024::ac44:8107 (2400:cb00:122:1024::ac44:8107)  259.013 ms

@rpm
 
Is there any be benifit of a local isp switching to Ipv6?
 
Is that currently happening?

It is.. Afrinic (our local registry) wants everything short of a pee sample (I apologise for the crassness) to give you any more IPv4 resources. We're seeing first time applicants (new small ISPs) getting no more than a /22 (1024 addresses). For reference, to onboard with Openserve, you need at least a /21 (2048 addresses) and Vumatel isn't far off.
 
ive been keen on trying ipv6 and since almost none of the local isp's yet support this for their customers, i resorted to getting a tunnel going with Hurrican Electric. They have a local tunnel server to which you can termite sessions to.

The problem however is quite bad in that none of the local isp's have implemented this properly and latencies are sky high for anything ipv6 related.

Here is a test i did to mybroadband on ipv4 and ipv6

IPv4:
Code:
[root@fw ~]# traceroute www.mybroadband.co.za
traceroute to www.mybroadband.co.za (104.20.10.169), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1  gateway (10.0.5.1)  1.314 ms  17.270 ms  17.252 ms
2  * * *
3  41.193.164.85 (41.193.164.85)  20.857 ms  4.591 ms  4.564 ms
4  41.193.164.86 (41.193.164.86)  4.284 ms  3.349 ms  4.481 ms
5  41.193.164.92 (41.193.164.92)  6.088 ms  6.509 ms  6.723 ms
6  cloudflare.ixp.joburg (196.60.8.198)  6.027 ms  5.676 ms  5.818 ms
7  104.20.10.169 (104.20.10.169)  5.775 ms  6.040 ms  11.155 ms


IPv6
Code:
[root@fw ~]# traceroute6 www.mybroadband.co.za
traceroute to www.mybroadband.co.za (2606:4700:10::6814:9a9), 30 hops max, 80 byte packets
1  2001:470:1f23:xx::1 (2001:470:1f23:xx::1)  0.657 ms  0.628 ms  0.628 ms
2  tunnel411xxx.tunnel.tserv1.jnb1.ipv6.he.net (2001:470:1f22:xx::1)  5.560 ms  5.817 ms  4.993 ms
3  10ge11-15.core1.jnb1.he.net (2001:470:0:303::1)  5.538 ms  5.246 ms  3.854 ms
4  e0-24.core1.dur1.he.net (2001:470:0:35e::2)  14.192 ms  15.052 ms  15.914 ms
5  e0-48.core1.mba1.he.net (2001:470:0:47b::1)  181.882 ms  182.710 ms  181.579 ms
6  10ge14-6.core1.jib1.he.net (2001:470:0:123::2)  259.331 ms  258.878 ms  258.822 ms
7  cloudflare.v6.peers.djix.dj (2001:43f8:9c1:1::207)  258.766 ms  258.828 ms  258.787 ms
8  2400:cb00:122:1024::ac44:810e (2400:cb00:122:1024::ac44:810e)  258.761 ms 2400:cb00:122:1024::ac44:8106 (2400:cb00:122:1024::ac44:8106)  259.070 ms 2400:cb00:122:1024::ac44:8107 (2400:cb00:122:1024::ac44:8107)  259.013 ms

@rpm

Which FNO are you on?
 
ive been keen on trying ipv6 and since almost none of the local isp's yet support this for their customers, i resorted to getting a tunnel going with Hurrican Electric. They have a local tunnel server to which you can termite sessions to.

The problem however is quite bad in that none of the local isp's have implemented this properly and latencies are sky high for anything ipv6 related.

Here is a test i did to mybroadband on ipv4 and ipv6

IPv4:
Code:
[root@fw ~]# traceroute www.mybroadband.co.za
traceroute to www.mybroadband.co.za (104.20.10.169), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1  gateway (10.0.5.1)  1.314 ms  17.270 ms  17.252 ms
2  * * *
3  41.193.164.85 (41.193.164.85)  20.857 ms  4.591 ms  4.564 ms
4  41.193.164.86 (41.193.164.86)  4.284 ms  3.349 ms  4.481 ms
5  41.193.164.92 (41.193.164.92)  6.088 ms  6.509 ms  6.723 ms
6  cloudflare.ixp.joburg (196.60.8.198)  6.027 ms  5.676 ms  5.818 ms
7  104.20.10.169 (104.20.10.169)  5.775 ms  6.040 ms  11.155 ms


IPv6
Code:
[root@fw ~]# traceroute6 www.mybroadband.co.za
traceroute to www.mybroadband.co.za (2606:4700:10::6814:9a9), 30 hops max, 80 byte packets
1  2001:470:1f23:xx::1 (2001:470:1f23:xx::1)  0.657 ms  0.628 ms  0.628 ms
2  tunnel411xxx.tunnel.tserv1.jnb1.ipv6.he.net (2001:470:1f22:xx::1)  5.560 ms  5.817 ms  4.993 ms
3  10ge11-15.core1.jnb1.he.net (2001:470:0:303::1)  5.538 ms  5.246 ms  3.854 ms
4  e0-24.core1.dur1.he.net (2001:470:0:35e::2)  14.192 ms  15.052 ms  15.914 ms
5  e0-48.core1.mba1.he.net (2001:470:0:47b::1)  181.882 ms  182.710 ms  181.579 ms
6  10ge14-6.core1.jib1.he.net (2001:470:0:123::2)  259.331 ms  258.878 ms  258.822 ms
7  cloudflare.v6.peers.djix.dj (2001:43f8:9c1:1::207)  258.766 ms  258.828 ms  258.787 ms
8  2400:cb00:122:1024::ac44:810e (2400:cb00:122:1024::ac44:810e)  258.761 ms 2400:cb00:122:1024::ac44:8106 (2400:cb00:122:1024::ac44:8106)  259.070 ms 2400:cb00:122:1024::ac44:8107 (2400:cb00:122:1024::ac44:8107)  259.013 ms

@rpm
Problem you have here is HE isn't peering IPv6 at local exchanges..

Here's my view of the above:
Code:
tracert www.mybroadband.co.za

Tracing route to www.mybroadband.co.za [2606:4700:10::6814:aa9]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  2c0f:f030:80:5::1
  2     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  2c0f:f030:80:4::1
  3     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  2c0f:f030::1000:101
  4     1 ms    <1 ms     1 ms  2c0f:f030::1000:6
  5     4 ms     2 ms     2 ms  cloudflare.ixp.joburg [2001:43f8:6d0::198]
  6     1 ms    <1 ms     1 ms  2606:4700:10::6814:aa9
 
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