I think there are more of us in the same boat as you than you know. IPv6 has been a standard since 1998, any customer router that doesn’t support IPv6 can pound sand as far as I’m concerned. Since the vast majority of my network is non-static, I hope to roll out IPv6 tower by tower, but until Mikrotik starts supporting NAT64 or someone comes up with a magic box to do it for me, it’s looking like IPv4 CGNAT is the only way out of this squeeze.
Chris Wright Network Administrator From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mathew Howard Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 9:55 AM To: af Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Putting on big boy IPv6 pants I admit I'm more ignorant when it comes to IPv6 than I should be, so there may be an obvious answer to this... but if you're not giving out any IPv4, how are the customer's devices that don't support IPv6 going to work? Will that somehow get handled by the customer's router? On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 10:45 AM, Chris Wright <[email protected]> wrote: This right here, no CGNAT silliness, I want something that moves my network distinctly forward. Chris Wright Network Administrator From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 7:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Putting on big boy IPv6 pants I want to just give the customer a V6 and the edge appliance will nat the v4 only destinations. From: Paul Stewart Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 6:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Putting on big boy IPv6 pants We dual stack and will continue as long as possible … really hoping to avoid transition stuff but who knows for sure if that’s just a pipe dream or not ;) On May 10, 2017, at 6:50 PM, Chris Wright <[email protected]> wrote: I’m weighing the pros/cons of purchasing another block of IPv4 at auction or finding a NAT64 solution that will enable me to start handing IPv6 addresses to customers and know they’ll be able to get to IPv4 internet without issue. Mikrotik doesn’t seem too concerned with implementing NAT64, so I’d be looking at adding complexity to my network if I go that direction. On the other hand, I don’t like spending thousands of dollars on antiquated address space if I can help it. I’d rather do my part in moving IP standards forward instead of staying stuck in the past. What’s working for you all? Chris Wright Network Administrator
