<div dir="ltr"><br><div><br></div><div>I'm using a NAT'd v4 at home right now with split DNS. My external IPv4 changes every if I'm offline for 26+ hours or so which doesn't happen often. </div><div><br></div><div>I would like to have an IPv6 locked down like that or better if possible. I may be missing something on doing internal IPv6. I'm still looking for a good "HowTo" on how to do IPv6 like I'm doing my IPv4.</div><div><br></div><div>Robert</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 11:17 AM Solomon Peachy <<a href="mailto:pizza@shaftnet.org">pizza@shaftnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 03:57:53PM +0000, Robert L. Harris wrote:<br class="gmail_msg">
> I just informed my IPv6 tunnel provider ( Sixxs.net ) is shutting down<br class="gmail_msg">
> in 10 weeks. I've been reading on and off about Comcast's IPv6's support<br class="gmail_msg">
> but most of it is 2-3 years old. Anyone have a good link on setting up an<br class="gmail_msg">
> Ubuntu firewall to get a IPv6 prefix for use at home? I don't want to pay<br class="gmail_msg">
> Comcast for Business support just so my internal network can keep the same<br class="gmail_msg">
> IPs. I tried a few weeks ago but the Subnet assigned to me changed daily<br class="gmail_msg">
> it seemed even though I didn't go off line at all.<br class="gmail_msg">
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If you don't have a static IP allocation from comcast, then you won't<br class="gmail_msg">
have any expectation of a stable IP address allocation, be it v4 or v6.<br class="gmail_msg">
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But in all seriousness, who cares if your home network v6 prefix (and<br class="gmail_msg">
addresses) change? Use v4 for your internal name resolution. What's<br class="gmail_msg">
running your internal network? dnsmasq or dhcpd+named?<br class="gmail_msg">
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(I've been using a Hurricane Electric tunnel with my Comcast Business<br class="gmail_msg">
setup, although I intend to shut that down soonish now that Comcast has<br class="gmail_msg">
finally started assinging static IPv6 prefixes to folks with static v4<br class="gmail_msg">
allocations)<br class="gmail_msg">
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- Solomon<br class="gmail_msg">
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Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org<br class="gmail_msg">
Delray Beach, FL ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^<br class="gmail_msg">
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.<br class="gmail_msg">
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