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IPv6 Allocation Size
Congrats! I see IPv6 is up and working in Mesa.
Quick question though:
Right now, I am using the /64 allocated on the wan interface of my router via dhcp6. It works perfectly! That amount of addresses (A bit over 18 octilion) seems nice, but there is one problem:
It's only one subnet.
In order to use stateless ipv6 configuration, that's also the minimum size subnet that can be used on an interface. If I split it across more than one internal interface on my network, I will have to manually configure each device. Bleah...
Now, for most people this isn't a problem, but I have my home network configured with two internal networks. One is behind a content filtering firewall so my kids are protected. One is (more) open so the grownups in my household can surf the net and access services (eg: social networking) that is blocked for the kids.
Is there a way to get a slightly larger block of v6 addresses allocated for a home user? A /63 would work, a /62 would give me room to grow.
Thanks!
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Tecknowhelp
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Long story short, the LAN allotment is /64 via DHCPv6. Some people with certain routers may be able to get a /60 or /56 but it takes some manual configuration. See this thread for more info.
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DanSchnur
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Can you re-post that link. I don't think it pasted correctly.
Thanks!
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DanSchnur
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Alright, I got it:
The trick is to use the option "prefix-hint" on the command line configuration for the dhcp pool:
Here's an example on my Mikrotik router:
/ipv6 dhcp-client add interface=ether1-gateway pool-name=Cox-V6 pool-prefix-length=60 use-peer-dns=no prefix-hint=::/60
Once that was done, I got a /60 from the COX DHCPv6 server.
Thanks!
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