Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

> en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>       ether 60:33:4b:01:75:85 
>       inet6 fe80::6233:4bff:fe01:7585%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 
>       inet 192.168.191.223 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.191.255
>       inet6 fd92:7065:b8e::6233:4bff:fe01:7585 prefixlen 64 autoconf 
>       inet6 2001:470:1f00:820:6233:4bff:fe01:7585 prefixlen 64 autoconf 
>       media: autoselect
>       status: active
>
> Note the multiple prefixes.  IPv6 is not just IPv4 with bigger addresses.
> If you want to give your printers, etc. stable IPv6 addesses use ULAs.

Icky.


Better yet, just subscribe to an ISP that will give you a static prefix.

Owen