On 09/18/2016 02:30 AM, Per Jessen wrote:
Lew Wolfgang wrote:
As Per suggests, this is fun. Except that I'll have the Fetching Mrs Wolfgang screeching at me if I broke the Internet again... Lew, it's all about timing, you just have to pick your moment. Or arrange for your neighbour to invite the Fetching Mrs Wolfgang over for coffee.
Okay, I've spent lots of time on getting IPv6 working at Wolfgang Manor, maybe as much as a week. While I've learned a lot, it looks like it just won't work in my situation. For the record, here's my environment: Zyxel Zywall USG 20w router with the Wifi turned off, connected to a Cox Communications with a Motorola SB6141 DOCSIS 3.0 modem. The router has two LAN segments, one for directly connected computers, the other for IOT devices and an ASUS Wifi router. This configuration allows easy separation of dangerously insecure devices (IP cameras, scales, refrigerators, light bulbs, and hacking neighbors) from important systems using the firewall. After flailing about, literally for days, I managed to get IPv6 working on one LAN interface. It passed the various web-based IPv6 tests with flying colors. I was smugly proud of myself! Alas, the second interface never worked. More flailing about revealed that I'm being given a /64 prefix delegation. /64 is by convention the smallest subnet you can have in IPv6, or so I've been told. So I'll need maybe a /60 delegation from Cox to have more than one LAN segment. The saga ended with a phone call to a Cox level 2 technician who said, basically, that's too bad. He suggested that their business class service might be able to offer more. Their home service apparently assumes you'll have a single computer connected to the cable modem, and who would ever need more than one subnet! So I'm out of here for now. IPv4 natting will work for the indefinite future and we'll be safe from IOT and wifi hacking neighbors. If any of you v6 experts have suggestions I'd be glad to revisit. I'd even consider purchasing a different router. Another possibility might be suggestions on how to break a /64 delegation into multiple subnets. Yes Per, it was fun. But also frustrating. Unless my environment is somehow unique I think that full deployment of v6 will be difficult indeed. Regards, Lew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org