Re: IPv6 Implementation and CPE Behavior

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

> On Jan 11, 2016, at 10:23 , James R Cutler <james.cutler () consultant com> wrote:
>
> > On Jan 11, 2016, at 12:01 PM, Graham Johnston <johnstong () westmancom com> wrote:
> >
> > Are most CPE devices generally not IPv6 capable in the first place?  For those that are capable are they usually 
> > still configured with IPv6 disabled, requiring the customer to enable it?  For those CPE that are capable and 
> > enabled, is there a common configuration such as full blown DHCPv6 with PD?
>
> I can’t speak regarding “most CPE devices” but for CPE = Apple Airport Extreme
>
>       • At least since the AirPort Extreme 802.11n (AirPort5,117) was released in 2011, the hardware has supported 
> native IPv6 routing and acceptance of PD from the WAN.
>
>       • The default configuration for firmware 7.7.3 is automatic WAN IPv6 configuration, native IPv6 routing, and, 
> acceptance of PD from the WAN. End systems on the single LAN receive a /64.

To be more clear… The LAN receives a /64 from which end systems are able to construct one or more end system addresses 
using SLAAC.

>       • No DHCPv6 is provided to the LAN through firmware up to the current version 7.7.3. 

The good news is that RDNSS is allegedly supported in recent firmware releases.

Owen