dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers

Wed Aug 3 03:50:53 UTC 2011

On 2011-08-02 11:17, Owen DeLong wrote:
>>
>> en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
>> 	ether 60:33:4b:01:75:85
>> 	inet6 fe80::6233:4bff:fe01:7585%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
>> 	inet 192.168.191.223 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.191.255
>> 	inet6 fd92:7065:b8e::6233:4bff:fe01:7585 prefixlen 64 autoconf
>> 	inet6 2001:470:1f00:820:6233:4bff:fe01:7585 prefixlen 64 autoconf
>> 	media: autoselect
>> 	status: active
>>
>> Note the multiple prefixes.  IPv6 is not just IPv4 with bigger addresses.
>> If you want to give your printers, etc. stable IPv6 addesses use ULAs.
>>
>
> Icky.
>
>
> Better yet, just subscribe to an ISP that will give you a static prefix.

  Well, judging by his prefixes, he does.

  Also:

> Are you saying that a household that multihomes is abnormal? Perhaps
> today, but, not necessarily so in the future.

  I technically multi-homed back in 2001-2004.  I didn't have BGP or 
anything; my DSL provider offered it to me half-jokingly once, but since 
the other side (Time Warner Cable) wouldn't to it, I didn't take them up 
on it.
  Alas, I will maintain that any household that multi-homes at this 
stage is, indeed, abnormal.

      Jima