Future of the IPv6 CPE survey on RIPE Labs - Your Input Needed

Mon Jan 31 15:23:49 UTC 2011

> On 27/01/11 08:17 -0600, Jack Bates wrote:
>> On 1/27/2011 12:57 AM, Frank Bulk wrote:
>>> Have you looked at D-Link's DIR-825?  It has most of the things you're
>>> looking for.  The DIR-655 is a more affordable option.
>>>
>> Haven't had the chance to look at that one. Will check it out.
>>
>>> In regards to (2), is it even possible to do DHCPv6-PD on with a SLAAC WAN?
>>>
>> It had better be, as IOS 12.2 SRE only supports SLAAC + DHCPv6-PD.
>> Most of the Cisco documentation I've seen, says that is their
>> beautiful layout. No more proxyarp/nd. Instead, assign a /64 to each
>> subinterface, perform SLAAC, then hand out prefixes via DHCPv6-PD if
>> someone needs a prefix.
>
> The DIR-825(Rev B) running firmware 2.05NA does. From the status screen:
>
> IPv6 Connection Type :         Autoconfiguration (SLAAC/DHCPv6)
> Network Status :               Connected
>
> WAN IPv6 Address :             2610:b8:0:234:218:e7ff:fef8:66dc/64
> IPv6 Default Gateway :         fe80::c67d:4fff:fed6:5401
> LAN IPv6 Address :             2610:b8:100f:1:218:e7ff:fef8:66db/64
> LAN IPv6 Link-Local Address :  fe80::218:e7ff:fef8:66db/64
> Primary IPv6 DNS Server :      2610:b8:0:3:215:c5ff:fef3:f9c8
> Secondary IPv6 DNS Server :    2610:b8:0:3:215:c5ff:feee:9448
> DHCP-PD :                      Enabled
> IPv6 network assigned
> by DHCP-PD :                   2610:b8:100f::/48
>
> The latest firmware has fairly good support, but is lacking configurable v6
> firewall settings. I haven't done any firewall testing yet, but I'd imagine
> all incoming v6 connections are blocked.
>
> The Emulator hasn't been updated yet to reflect the options in the new
> firmware, but this should give you an idea of what the configuration looks
> like:
>
> http://www.support.dlink.com/emulators/dir825_revB/203NA/adv_link_local.html
>
> The DIR-615 should have similar support, but I haven't upgraded it yet.

Hello,

As for the DIR-615, it should, but it doesn't...At least, the E3/E4 
revisions I had.  I contacted D-LINK support and was able to get a beta 
build that seems promising.  But DHCP-PD over PPPoE works relatively 
well, minus a couple of little "features".  I am hoping to have that 
hammered out soon, as the 615 is a capable little sub-50$ home CPE.  But 
D-Link engineering seems receptive to my observations.

I have to check the state of the firewalling in it too ;)

Chris