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|    Victor Sudakov to Michiel van der Vlist    |
|    A small questionary on ISPs    |
|    16 Oct 21 18:06:26    |
      REPLY: 2:280/5555 616a9a21       MSGID: 2:5005/49 616ab362       CHRS: CP866 2       TZUTC: 0700       TID: hpt/fbsd 1.9.0-cur 2019-12-05       Dear Michiel,              16 Oct 21 11:23, you wrote to me:               VS>> Those of you lucky to have a *native* IPv6 connection from your        VS>> ISP, could you please share what network topology your ISP        VS>> offers. E.g.               VS>> 3. A /64 for the link and a /56 for your devices               MV> I think #3 comes closest.              Thanks for replying.               MV> I am not sure about the /64 for the link. The only visible part of the        MV> link is the IPv6 WAN address of the router. It is outside the /56        MV> assigned to the user, the link may just use a /128.              Do you see the WAN address of the router in the `traceroute -6` output?               MV> The modem/router supplied by the ISP assigns one /64 for the LAN and        MV> another /64 for the guest network. More /64 out of the /56 can be        MV> obtained by connecting extra routers.              Very little flexibility IMHO. Can you at least assign a static IPv6 address       within the LAN /64?               MV> For IPv6 one must use the modem/router from the provider. When the        MV> modem/router from the provider is set in bridge mode, the connection        MV> becomes IPv4 only.              This looks very similar to what I've heard from a Rostelecom representative.       This probably means that the IPv6 is not really "native" and there is some       kind of tunnel terminated at the provider-owned CPE.              Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN       --- GoldED+/BSD 1.1.5-b20170303-b20170303        * Origin: Ulthar (2:5005/49)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 30/0 50/109 80/1 90/1 105/81 120/340 123/131 154/10       SEEN-BY: 221/1 6 226/30 227/702 229/424 426 428 550 664 700 240/1120       SEEN-BY: 240/5832 249/206 317 400 261/38 280/464 5555 282/464 1038       SEEN-BY: 301/0 1 101 113 812 317/3 322/757 342/200 460/58 463/68 467/239       SEEN-BY: 467/888 633/280 712/848 920/1 5000/111 5001/100 5005/49 53       SEEN-BY: 5015/46 5020/715 830 846 1042 2047 2140 4441 5058/104 5064/56       SEEN-BY: 5080/102 5083/1 444       PATH: 5005/49 5020/1042 301/1 229/426           |
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