AT&T UVERSE Native IPv6, a HOWTO

Sat Nov 23 06:57:20 UTC 2013

Now if Time Warner Cable would get their act together in Ohio (looks at
them :) )

On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 1:25 AM, Mehmet Akcin <mehmet at akcin.net> wrote:

> Yay! Thank you very much.
>
> You should write up something to their support forums!
>
> Mehmet
>
> > On Nov 22, 2013, at 22:22, Andrew D Kirch <trelane at trelane.net> wrote:
> >
> > Special thanks to Alexander from AT&T's "Tier-2" dept, though my
> suspicion is that that is not where he works, as he seems exceptionally
> clueful.
> > Additional thanks to Owen DeLong who finally got me off my ass to
> actually do this, I'll see you in the sky!
> >
> > Ok, is this core routing? not really, but it's nice to see a major clue
> injection over at AT&T Uverse.  I'm using this to document the MASSIVE
> bureaucratic PITA which is getting native IPv6 on uverse.  You'll start
> from the default service on a 2wire "modem" (for values of modem that
> equate to profanity).  If you have the Motorola NVG589, count yourself
> lucky and skip most of these steps.
> >
> > Abandon all hope ye who enter here....
> >
> > Step 1: contact AT&T Uverse support and complain that you need IPv6
> (because we all need it, I in fact do for work).
> > Step 2: general confusion as the level 1 droid doesn't know what IPv6
> is, politely request to be transferred to tier 2
> > step 3: you will be told that tier 2 is a paid service, invoke the
> almighty FCC and ask to speak with a supervisor, expect a long hold here.
> > step 4: you arrive at tier 2, mention that IPv6 won't work on your 2wire
> and that AT&T has broken your protocol 41 tunnel with <insert tunnel broker
> here, usually HE>
> > step 5: you'll need to get your 2wire replaced with a Motorola NVG589.
>  Again you will be threatened with a cost to upgrade, mine was waived due
> to the work requirement.  I'd guess some additional complaining and
> escalation will get this fee waived.  My recollection was it was $100.  The
> new modem is good news for quite a few reasons, the 2wire sucks, the
> Motorola sucks significantly less, and has a built in battery backup, but
> mine lacked the battery.
> > step 6: you'll receive the motorola by mail, or have a tech install it,
> they actually had a tech in my area and I had an AT&T tech at my door in
> less than 20 minutes from when I got off the phone with tier-2 (I about
> died from the shock).
> > step 7: configure the motorola (192.168.1.254) for passthrough,
> DHCPS-dynamic, disable the firewall, the "advanced" firewall, hpna,
> wireless, etc.
> > Step 8: reboot to push the public IP to your real router.
> > step 9: head over to the Motorola's home network tab, and in the status
> window you'll see:
> >
> >
> >   IPv6
> >
> > Status    Available
> > Global IPv6 Address    2602:306:cddd:xxxx::1/64
> > Link-local IPv6 Address    fe80::923e:abff:xxxx:7e40
> > Router Advertisement Prefix    2602:306:cddd:xxxx::/64
> > IPV6 Delegated LAN Prefix    2602:306:cddd:xxxx::
> > 2602:306:cddd:xxxx::
> >
> >
> > In reality additional poking leads me to believe AT&T gives you a rather
> generous /60, but how to use it?
> > step 10: set up dhcpv6, example for mikrotik follows (but should be
> easily convertible to nearly any router):
> >
> > /ipv6> export
> > # dec/31/2001 20:26:03 by RouterOS 6.6
> > # software id = 5F2Y-X73L
> > #
> > /ipv6 address
> > add address=2602:306:cddd:xxxx::1 from-pool=AT&T interface=bridge1
> > /ipv6 dhcp-client
> > add add-default-route=yes interface=ether10 pool-name=AT&T
> >
> > I hope that this is of help to someone.
> >
> > Andrew
> >
>
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