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Re: comcast ipv6 PTR


From: Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 08:52:23 -0700

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


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