Request for assistance with Verizon FIOS connection

Sat Jul 15 18:46:20 UTC 2023

His IPv6 was staying up. It was only his IPv4 breaking.

Maybe it’s Verizon’s way of telling you to go IPv6-only and do NAT64/DNS64
on your home network. (Only half-joking.) Be good for them to be able to
operate the FIOS more like the wireless and not worry about giving customer
devices IPv6.

Out of curiosity, when the IPv4 is working, is it a globally routable
address or CGNAT?

On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 10:44 AM Joe Loiacono <jloiacon at gmail.com> wrote:

> I dunno ... I had to turn Verizon's FiOS IPv6 off because it wasn't
> playing well with my Pulse VPN. So they are providing it now (maybe not
> supporting it ;-)
> On 7/15/2023 12:05 PM, Joe Klein wrote:
>
> As from a consumers standpoint, Verizon FIOS has published an IPv6
> website, created a discussion forum, and stated they would soon support.
> That was 14 years ago.
>
> Joe Klein
>
> On Sat, Jul 15, 2023, 3:46 AM Mel Beckman <mel at beckman.org> wrote:
>
>> Matt,
>>
>> I missed where the OP indicated they've tried both a direct laptop
>> connection as well as another router. I think you may have seen my reply
>> suggesting that and thought that was the OP stating he'd done it.
>>
>> -mel
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Matt Corallo <nanog at as397444.net>
>> *Sent:* Friday, July 14, 2023 9:44 PM
>> *To:* Mel Beckman <mel at beckman.org>; Neil Hanlon <neil at shrug.pw>;
>> nanog at nanog.org <nanog at nanog.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: Request for assistance with Verizon FIOS connection
>>
>> OP indicated they've tried both a direct laptop connection as well as
>> another router. That seems to
>> meet the requirement for having ruled out his home-made router, though
>> obviously I agree one should
>> attempt to rule out any possible errors by doing transparent packet
>> sniffing analyzing the problem
>> carefully before escalating an issue. Hopefully everyone on this list
>> knows the value of the tech on
>> the other end of the line's time :)
>>
>> Matt
>>
>> On 7/14/23 9:07 PM, Mel Beckman wrote:
>> > Getting the FCC involved seems premature, since the OP hasn't yet ruled
>> out a problem with his home
>> > made router. Not that there's anything wrong with making your own
>> router, but it seems there is a
>> > burden of proof on the end user to demonstrate the problem isn't at
>> with the CPE. Even a test as
>> > simple as connecting a laptop up for a day and running pings would rule
>> out the CPE.
>> >
>> >    -mel
>> >
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > *From:* NANOG <nanog-bounces+mel=beckman.org at nanog.org> on behalf of
>> Matt Corallo <nanog at as397444.net>
>> > *Sent:* Friday, July 14, 2023 5:46 PM
>> > *To:* Neil Hanlon <neil at shrug.pw>; nanog at nanog.org <nanog at nanog.org>
>> > *Subject:* Re: Request for assistance with Verizon FIOS connection
>> > I've always had good luck with
>> https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us
>> > <https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us>. This tends to result in
>> > a higher-level tech getting assigned to your ticket at least at larger
>> providers. Depending on where
>> > you are, your local government may have a similar process (e.g. in NYC
>> the city has a similar
>> > process that tends to get very high priority tech attention as city
>> council members will rake
>> > providers over the coals on individual complaints come contract-renewal
>> time).
>> >
>> > Matt
>> >
>> > On 7/14/23 8:01 AM, Neil Hanlon wrote:
>> >> Hi all - I apoligize for the not-necessarily-on-topic post, but I've
>> been struggling with this issue
>> >> for the past two
>> >> weeks and am about out of ideas and options other than ask here.
>> >>
>> >> The short version is I recently got FIOS at my (new) house, and
>> plugged in my router (SFF PC running
>> >> Vyos). Initially,
>> >> all was fine, however, some time later, connectivity to the gateway
>> given by the DHCP server is
>> >> completely lost. If I
>> >> force a renewal, the gateway (sometimes) comes back--sometimes not.
>> When it doesn't work, the
>> >> DHCPDISCOVER process has
>> >> to start over again and I often recive a lease in a completely
>> different subnet--which isn't really
>> >> the problem, but
>> >> seems to be symptomatic of whatever is happening upstream of me.
>> >>
>> >> The problem, from my perspective, is that the IPv4 gateway given to me
>> in my DHCP lease goes away
>> >> before my lease
>> >> expires--leading to broken v4 connectivity until either 1. the system
>> goes to renew the lease and
>> >> fails, starting over;
>> >> or 2. A watchdog notices and renews the lease (This is what I have
>> attempted to implement, without
>> >> much success).
>> >>
>> >> As a note, IPv6 connectivity (dhcpv6-pd, receiving a /56) is entirely
>> unaffected when IPv4
>> >> connectivity breaks.
>> >>
>> >> For the past week, I have been monitoring to various IPv4 and IPv6
>> endpoints over ICMP and TCP, and
>> >> have been able to
>> >> chart the outages over that period. More or less, every two hours,
>> shortly after a lease is renewed,
>> >> the gateway
>> >> disappears. I'm happy to share more details and graphs/logs with
>> anyone who might be able to help.
>> >>
>> >> I have attempted to contact FIOS support several times and even had a
>> trouble ticket opened at one
>> >> point--though this
>> >> has been closed as they cannot apparently find any issue with the ONT.
>> >>
>> >> I'm at my wit's end with this issue and would really appreciate any
>> and all help. Please contact me
>> >> off list if you need
>> >> additional details--I can provide ticket numbers/conversation IDs/etc,
>> as well as graphs/logs/etc.
>> >>
>> >> Best,
>> >> Neil Hanlon
>>
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