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Dynamic (changing) IPv6 prefix delegation
From: Seth Mos <seth.mos () dds nl>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:21:59 +0100
Hello List, As a pfSense developer I recently ran into a test system that (actually) gets a IPv6 prefix from it's ISP. (Hurrah). What is bewildering to me is that each time the system establishes a new PPPoE session to the ISP they assign a different IPv6 prefix via delegation together with a differing IPv4 address for the WAN. Is this going to be forward for other consumer ISPs in the world? One of the thoughts that came to mind is T-Online in Germany that still disconnects it's (PPPoE) user base every 24 hours for a new random IP. Short of setting really short timers on the RA messages for the LAN I can see a multitude of complications for consumers in the long run. People that configure their NAS, Media Player and Printer on their own network. And using ULA for either is not workable unless they somehow manage to grow DNS skill on the end user. Their NAS probably wants to download from the 'net and access videos from the NAS. The media player wants to be able to access youtube and the laptop needs to (reliably) find it's printer each time. I really hope that ISPs will commit to assigning the same prefix to the same user on each successive connection. Here is to hoping. Kind regards, Seth
Current thread:
- Dynamic (changing) IPv6 prefix delegation Seth Mos (Nov 21)
- Re: Dynamic (changing) IPv6 prefix delegation Bjørn Mork (Nov 21)
- Re: Dynamic (changing) IPv6 prefix delegation Nick Hilliard (Nov 21)
- Re: Dynamic (changing) IPv6 prefix delegation Owen DeLong (Nov 21)
- Re: Dynamic (changing) IPv6 prefix delegation Daniel Roesen (Nov 21)
- Re: Dynamic (changing) IPv6 prefix delegation Owen DeLong (Nov 21)
- RE: Dynamic (changing) IPv6 prefix delegation Nathan Eisenberg (Nov 21)
- Re: Dynamic (changing) IPv6 prefix delegation Gary Buhrmaster (Nov 21)
- RE: Dynamic (changing) IPv6 prefix delegation Nathan Eisenberg (Nov 21)
- Re: Dynamic (changing) IPv6 prefix delegation Owen DeLong (Nov 21)
- Re: Dynamic (changing) IPv6 prefix delegation Bjørn Mork (Nov 22)
- Re: Dynamic (changing) IPv6 prefix delegation Daniel Roesen (Nov 21)
- Re: Dynamic (changing) IPv6 prefix delegation Bjørn Mork (Nov 21)