comcast ipv6 PTR

Tue Oct 15 15:52:23 UTC 2013

On 10/15/2013 08:35 AM, TJ wrote:
>>
>> My cable company assigns me a different prefix every time the modem
>> reboots, about once a month, and I think that's pretty typical.
>>
> Really?
> I think my IPv6 address form Comcast has changed (maybe) twice in the last
> 18 months, and I think it was only once.
>

There's an entire universe within ietf who thinks that seamless 
renumbering is
a Big Deal. We're obviously not completely there -- especially within 
residential --
but any path forward should not count on the stability of prefixes. 
Anywhere.

Mike