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0 pointskrylon10y ago0 comments

Yes, you can. But it is hard to deny that if there is a specific server/host you are trying to access, its address is likely to be a lot harder to memorize than that.

(And like I said, that should not be considered a reason to avoid adopting IPv6. The only thing I currently dislike about IPv6 is that my ISP does not give me a static network address.)

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mgbmtl10y ago· 1 in thread

That's odd. What ISP is it? This goes against RFC recommendations (ex: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6177 - assign between /64 to /48)

My ISP (DSL with teksavvy.com in Canada) offers a dynamic-ish /64 with SLAAC, then a static /56 subnet over DHCPv6. I know some people who had issues with their /56 subnet resetting, but that was usually solved by contacting tech support.

mgbmtl10y ago

Hmm, realized this after posting: my comment on /64 to /48 is rather off-topic, and the reason why the ISP allocates dynamically might be that they are using 6rd [1].

From what little I understand of it, 6rd calculates an IPv6 subnet by using the IPv4 address. So unless your v4 adress is static, your v6 subnet will be dynamic. Some cable providers are using this in Canada (Videotron). I hope they get rid of it soon, because it's really clunky!

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6_rapid_deployment

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