Re: What's the current state of major access networks in North America ipv6 delivery status?

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

On Jan 27, 2011, at 5:56 PM, Antonio Querubin wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Jan 2011, Owen DeLong wrote:
>
> > If they're routing a /64 to your gateway, you're all set. If they're not,
> > then, how are you getting the /64 in the first place?
>
> Bridged ethernet across the broadband provider network to the ISP router. Each customer gets a single /64 vlan to 
> their residence.  If the customer now wants more than one subnet, the ISP must now route additional prefixes to a 
> customer's gateway.  The customer can't just setup a router to break up the single /64 without the ISP carrying a 
> route entry or the customer doing some kind of IPv6 NAT or proxy ND.  If the ISP wont route additional prefixes, then 
> the customer is forced to do the latter.

If you need more than one prefix, then, they should route you a /48
instead of a /64. If they won't, I strongly encourage you to switch
providers, or, get a free tunnel from http://tunnelbroker.net and
use that.

Owen