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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">My understanding is that iiNet's ADSL
hardware lacks IPv6 support.<br>
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Internode are still using the PPPoE model, which transports the
PPP session back to a BBA/BRAS in the core network. The BBA/BRAS
handles IPv6 over PPP, and all the DSLAM hardware sees is a stream
of ethernet packets.<br>
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iiNet's IPoDSL relies on the DSLAM hardware to hand out IP
addresses to clients, from within the exchange. This hardware
doesn't yet have IPv6 support, hence the need to use 6RD.<br>
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I'm not intimately familiar with iiNet's current deployment, but
it may be possible to drop an IPv6 router into each exchange which
is able to hand out IPv6 prefixes to clients, over DSL. This model
hasn't been deployed in Australia yet, so would be new to both
iiNet and Internode. I'm not sure if they're even looking into it
at this stage or not.<br>
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Personally, I'd like to see them deploy a proper IPv6 Broker
service. This could allow the static assignment of prefixes to
individual accounts, removing the problem of network prefixes
changing as IPv4 addresses change (on re-connection).
Unfortunately, this would be a more complex solution from a CPE
perspective, although there exist good tunnel clients for all the
major OSs. As far as over-heads are concerned, the packet
structure is the same and the hardware infrastructure would be
very similar, so performance is likely to be comparable to the
existing 6RD service. Again, I don't believe they're actually
looking into this yet.<br>
<br>
Adrian<br>
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On 03/04/13 15:58, James Henstridge wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Tim
White <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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shouldn't it apply to the whole iinet/internode family?<br>
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<div>Because iiNet hasn't merged the two companies' plans
yet. For now, the iiNet branded plans do not include
IPv6.<br>
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<div>Presumably it'll become generally available when the
operations are fully integrated, but there isn't any
public time frame for that. If you can't wait, follow
Adrian's advice.<br>
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James.<br>
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