AT&T and IPv6 Launch

Thu Jan 26 00:09:08 UTC 2012

Far more likely that they have some specific DHCPv6 or other feature requirement that may or may not be present in all IPv6 CPE and they won't promise that other CPE will work and don't want to have to maintain a laundry list and support customers that don't understand.

Owen

On Jan 25, 2012, at 3:18 PM, Brandon Ewing wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 06:52:05PM -0500, Jared Mauch wrote:
>> So i have been privately referred to att.com/ipv6 where you can find supporting CPE devices. 
>> 
>> It sounds like if you have equipment supporting ipv6 it may just appear one day "soon". 
>> 
>> Jared Mauch
> 
> That's slightly depressing.  From their Residential Q&A:
> Devices supporting IPv6
> 
> Pace 4111N 
> Netgear 7550 B90 
> Netgear 6200 A90 
> Motorola 3360
> 
> Only AT&T-certified versions of the devices listed above will be able to
> utilize IPv6 on the AT&T network.
> 
> I have my own DSL modem, that I know has IPv6 support.  Will AT&T be doing
> some sort of wizardry to ensure it will work for their CPE, but not mine?
> 
> -- 
> Brandon Ewing                                        (nicotine at warningg.com)