It is, really, it is.
Millions upon millions of end users are connected successfully with it. Some vendors are just shitty and need to be avoided. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Hoppes" <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> To: "Adam Moffett" <dmmoff...@gmail.com>, "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 10:15:28 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] IPv6 in home routers Because it's not straight forward to deploy. On 12/15/21 11:11 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: > I don't think we're talking about flaws in the protocol. I think we're > talking about it being a secondary concern for manufacturers so they're > not putting enough attention into it. > > > On 12/15/2021 11:06 AM, Matt Hoppes wrote: >> Correct. We still don't know how to properly hand out IPv6 to end >> users, and routers have issues doing it. >> >> The protocol stack is a flawed implementation. >> >> On 12/13/21 4:51 PM, dmmoff...@gmail.com wrote: >>> I was doing some testing on our dual stack FTTX network. >>> >>> I grabbed a CnPilot R201P off the shelf. IPv6 was disabled by >>> default. You had to enable it in 3 different places and even after >>> following the guides on Cambium’s site the prefix delegation seems to >>> not really work. >>> >>> I grabbed an AirCube…..no IPv6 support at all. It’s supported in the >>> underlying OS, but not in the GUI. Ubiquiti support says it’s >>> coming, but they’ve been saying that for 2 years +. >>> >>> I grabbed a Mikrotik…..works perfectly fine, but setup is beyond what >>> any consumer is going to do. If I’m quibbling, it doesn’t support >>> stateful dhcp assignments from a delegated prefix. That’s not too big >>> of a deal. >>> >>> Out of 3 routers I have close at hand, 1 is a faulty implementation, >>> 1 is not implemented at all, and one is too hard for normal people. >>> >>> So when people run out to the store and get a Netgear, Asus, or >>> whatever router off the shelf is it hit-or-miss with those too? I >>> guess I naively assumed that 25 years after IPv6 was created that >>> we’d have working implementations by now. >>> >>> -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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