Verizon FiOS IPv6

Wed Oct 1 15:23:09 UTC 2014

The actiontec I have from them, for years now, supports IPv6, they
just don't support it at the ONT or further upstream; no idea where
the limitation is.  I don't use their router though, just get ethernet
from the ONT.  We have Fios in a few remote offices; hitting them up
from the business side didn't make a difference either.  They just
suck and I don't anticipate that changing.

You'd think they could hire some of the folks from the cellular side to
come fix the Fios network.  IPv6 works great on the LTE net.

David

-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces at nanog.org] On Behalf Of Justin M.
Streiner
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 10:58 AM
To: NANOG
Subject: Re: Verizon FiOS IPv6

On Wed, 1 Oct 2014, Anthony Junk wrote:

> I already have IPv6 on my router at home. They rolled out an update a 
> few months back that added the capability for the latest 802.1N model.

> I'm not at home to look at it but I'll update with the model this
evening.

Like many others, I would be interested to hear more about this.

Verizon pushed a firmware update to my Fios router some time ago that
supports IPv6, but I was not receiving native v6 connectivity from
Verizon at home.

I think they did some small-scale deployments as a test, and maybe
you're in one of the areas they rolled out, but I don't think there are
any larger deployments on the immediate radar.

My calls to the front-line call center (I make a point of doing this
every few months) generally get no information.  Offering to put a note
in my account stating that I asked about IPv6 is only useful if someone
from Verizon actually goes back and reads those notes.  Shaking other
trees at Verizon through $dayjob has not produced any better results so
far.

Until Verizon offers native IPv6, I will continue using my tunnel
through HE, which has been rock-solid.

jms

> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 1:44 AM, Bryan Seitz <seitz at bsd-unix.net>
wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 01:35:15AM -0400, Christopher Morrow wrote:
>>> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 1:28 AM, Romeo Czumbil <RCzumbil at xand.com>
wrote:
>>>> Does anybody have any idea on when Verizon FiOS is turning up IPv6?
>> (dual-stack)
>>>
>>> looking at the archives is helpful in this question/answer process..
>>> but to save you the digging: "When there's ice in the devil's house"
>>> (essentially)
>>
>> Yeah... although they seem to be releasing a new residential gateway 
>> that does IPV6 as well as 802.11AC.  Maybe this is a good sign ? :)
>>
>>
>> http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Preps-Launch-of-New-FiOS-G
>> ateway-130273
>>
>> --
>>
>> Bryan G. Seitz
>>
>