IPv6 with Sonic ONT

[wallacez]

I am using my router internal speedtest tools, use to get 3gb up and down. Wifi 6e remain 1gb up and 500mb down.

[bernaards]

Hi wallacez,

I can't find a IPv6 speed test server. Can you share the one that you are testing? I use the sonic speed test which is IPv4 only. I am getting close to 1gbit/sec up and down..,

https://inonius.net/speedtest/
That is just from the laptop though. Not sure about the accuracy

[ernestl]

https://inonius.net/speedtest/

I believe inonius project is in Japan..

[soniclvr]

Just checked here in San Francisco in the Castro and I am now getting IPV6 connectivity.

fast.com is giving me 1Gbps up and down on a wired connection to the router on IPV6 so no issues so far.

Does anyone know of local IPV6 speed tests?

[daniel15]

Does anyone know of local IPV6 speed tests?

Clouvider's speed tests support IPv6 and have 10Gbps connectivity, and they have a test server in Los Angeles. They provide both iperf and 1GB/10GB download files: https://as62240.net/speedtest

[joemiller]

I have been tracking the rollout on https://sonicstatus.com/ but seems like there has been a pause since the last neighborhood rollout on april 13th

Hoping these get moving again soon! Happy to test out in the nob hill / russian hill area if you're looking for volunteers =)

[markrobinson]

Just checked and i have IPv6 access in Oakland. I did have to reconfigure my router to use IPv6. But other than some hiccups around rebooting windows, it all seems to work.

[zacharyjp2]

Looks like I'm showing IPv6 connectivity in Oakland too! Should I be using 56 or 64 for prefix delegation?
Edit:

Got it going well with PD: 56! Scoring 19/20 on https://ipv6-test.com



after adding this in my firewall rules to allow incoming IPv6 ICMP:



Only missing the IPv6 hostname. Is there anything I can do to get this? Big thanks Sonic/everyone!

[davygrvy]

The only way to get a hostname is if your router is doing it by Sonic forwarding requests to your router.

I tried native, it is now on for me, but I quickly turned it off in favor of staying with the 6in4 tunnel. The Prefix Delegation size using native is broken at only /64. A /64 is not divisible and only contains one address block. This is unusable. With the 6in4, you get a /60 which contains 2^(64-60) = 16 address blocks

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Assigning a /64 or longer prefix does not conform to IPv6 standards and will break functionality in customer LANs. With a single /64, the end customer CPE will have just one possible network on the LAN side and it will not be possible to subnet, assign VLANs, alternative SSIDs, or have several chained routers in the same customer network, etc.

Best Current Operational Practice for Operators: IPv6 prefix assignment for end-users - persistent vs non-persistent, and what size to choose

[julianoster]

It's 56 in the newer deployment, at least I get a 56.