Re: Auto-configuring IPv6 transition mechanisms on customer devices

[Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike () swm pp se>]

On Wed, 2 Jan 2019, Brandon Martin wrote:

> On 12/14/18 11:51 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
> > We use this to configure LW4o6 tunnels using DHCPv6. This is already 
> > present in OpenWrt via the MAP package. It supports both MAP-E and LW4o6.
>
> So I guess you're deploying "RG" style CPE routers to your customers that 
> you've loaded OpenWRT onto?  How's the maintainability of that? Any hardware 
> recommendations?

Yes, we're buying devices from a vendor that uses OpenWrt as base for 
their operating system. We're using this one currently:

https://www.intenogroup.com/products/gateways/eg400/

We remotely manage it using Netconf/YANG from our NMS so we can do 
software upgrades (and other management). If you have low volume you can 
of course use SSH and script it if that's what you want. They also have 
TR-69 based management, and perhaps others.

> The mechanisms mentioned in this thread are exactly what I'm looking for, but 
> I'm having trouble finding any COTS vendor support for them. I'm sure if I 
> wanted to buy 100k units, somebody would put out some custom firmware for me, 
> but as the network I'm doing this on is a brand new startup in a somewhat 
> sparsely populated area, I'd be buying dozens at a time, not thousands.

Get in touch with them, tell them I said hi. They might be able to 
accomodate your low volume by sending you gateways with their default 
software on it and you'd have to upgrade it to whatever image you want on 
it, yourself. It only takes a few minutes per box so should be perfectly 
doable with your low volume.

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike () swm pp se