On 11/23/2013 1:22 AM, Andrew D Kirch wrote: > Special thanks to Alexander from AT&T's "Tier-2" dept, though my > suspicion is that that is not where he works, as he seems > exceptionally clueful. > Additional thanks to Owen DeLong who finally got me off my ass to > actually do this, I'll see you in the sky! > > Ok, is this core routing? not really, but it's nice to see a major > clue injection over at AT&T Uverse. I'm using this to document the > MASSIVE bureaucratic PITA which is getting native IPv6 on uverse. > You'll start from the default service on a 2wire "modem" (for values > of modem that equate to profanity). If you have the Motorola NVG589, > count yourself lucky and skip most of these steps. > > Abandon all hope ye who enter here.... > > Step 1: contact AT&T Uverse support and complain that you need IPv6 > (because we all need it, I in fact do for work). > Step 2: general confusion as the level 1 droid doesn't know what IPv6 > is, politely request to be transferred to tier 2 > step 3: you will be told that tier 2 is a paid service, invoke the > almighty FCC and ask to speak with a supervisor, expect a long hold here. > step 4: you arrive at tier 2, mention that IPv6 won't work on your > 2wire and that AT&T has broken your protocol 41 tunnel with <insert > tunnel broker here, usually HE> > step 5: you'll need to get your 2wire replaced with a Motorola > NVG589. Again you will be threatened with a cost to upgrade, mine was > waived due to the work requirement. I'd guess some additional > complaining and escalation will get this fee waived. My recollection > was it was $100. The new modem is good news for quite a few reasons, > the 2wire sucks, the Motorola sucks significantly less, and has a > built in battery backup, but mine lacked the battery. > step 6: you'll receive the motorola by mail, or have a tech install > it, they actually had a tech in my area and I had an AT&T tech at my > door in less than 20 minutes from when I got off the phone with tier-2 > (I about died from the shock). > step 7: configure the motorola (192.168.1.254) for passthrough, > DHCPS-dynamic, disable the firewall, the "advanced" firewall, hpna, > wireless, etc. > Step 8: reboot to push the public IP to your real router. > step 9: head over to the Motorola's home network tab, and in the > status window you'll see: > > > IPv6 > > Status Available > Global IPv6 Address 2602:306:cddd:xxxx::1/64 > Link-local IPv6 Address fe80::923e:abff:xxxx:7e40 > Router Advertisement Prefix 2602:306:cddd:xxxx::/64 > IPV6 Delegated LAN Prefix 2602:306:cddd:xxxx:: > 2602:306:cddd:xxxx:: > > > In reality additional poking leads me to believe AT&T gives you a > rather generous /60, but how to use it? > step 10: set up dhcpv6, example for mikrotik follows (but should be > easily convertible to nearly any router): > > /ipv6> export > # dec/31/2001 20:26:03 by RouterOS 6.6 > # software id = 5F2Y-X73L > # > /ipv6 address > add address=2602:306:cddd:xxxx::1 from-pool=AT&T interface=bridge1 > /ipv6 dhcp-client > add add-default-route=yes interface=ether10 pool-name=AT&T > > I hope that this is of help to someone. > > Andrew >
Are you actually getting a /60 in your IPv6 pool in routerOS? I haven't seen it work and Comcast claims a /60 via DHCP-PD is available everywhere now. # nov/23/2013 07:09:08 by RouterOS 6.6 /ipv6 address add address=2601:b:beXX:XXX::1 from-pool=comcastv6-pd interface=ether2-master-local /ipv6 dhcp-client add add-default-route=yes interface=ether1-wan pool-name=comcastv6-pd use-peer-dns=no /ipv6 nd set [ find default=yes ] disabled=yes add hop-limit=64 interface=ether2-master-local reachable-time=5m [admin@MikroTik] /ipv6> pool print Flags: D - dynamic # NAME PREFIX PREFIX-LENGTH EXPIRES-AFTER 0 D comcastv6-pd 2601:b:beXX:XXX::/64 64 3d23h54m48s
