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Just rummaging through some old posts and I see IPv6 was "coming soon" back in 2018. I know some bits of Sonic's fiber network have it now, but the rest of us would like it too. Any updates?

pshipley wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2024 4:50 pm

timothyzhu wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 1:40 pm Also in Berkeley and do not see IPv6 enabled yet

Same here.. (Downtown/West Berkeley)

Hi there, sorry to hear you're having problems getting a IPv6 address. Just to clarify, the comment your replied to is from last year when we were still working on rolling this out for testing purposes. However, native IPv6 is enabled for all our 1gbps and 10gbps Fiber customers (except for LA currently), so you should be able to grab an address if your router is configured for IPv6.

You can see here another Berkeley user commented earlier on this thread in January about finally having access to IPv6

tigertech wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 9:30 am Since I've been complaining about this for years, I thought I'd say "thanks": as of yesterday, I now have native IPv6, with a /56 prefix, in Berkeley. Finally I can say goodbye to tunnels.

Thank you Sonic!

If you're having issues, please post what router you're using and what steps you've taken so far, so that another user familiar with your router can try giving you some tips on what to try. There's also a chance the router you're using doesn't support IPv6, but I'm unable to see what router you're using, so can't say for certain.

I hope this helps.

Kind regards,

Well this is good news.
My firewall is a virtualized Mikrotik CHR, so I tried the configuration recommended here - posting.php?mode=quote&p=63643 - but without any luck.

One thing worth adding - this setup has no trouble getting an IPv6 from Starlink.

aanon4 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2024 5:27 pm Well this is good news.
My firewall is a virtualized Mikrotik CHR, so I tried the configuration recommended here - posting.php?mode=quote&p=63643 - but without any luck.

Get in touch with customer support. There are settings on their equipment that only they can inspect that may be breaking you. The MAC table comes to mind.

jfa_roy wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2024 8:33 pm

aanon4 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2024 5:27 pm Well this is good news.
My firewall is a virtualized Mikrotik CHR, so I tried the configuration recommended here - posting.php?mode=quote&p=63643 - but without any luck.

Get in touch with customer support. There are settings on their equipment that only they can inspect that may be breaking you. The MAC table comes to mind.

Will do, I'm also seeing other problems,
I attached the switch to the ONT so i can connect a rpi and a macbook, neither can obtain an address IP4 or IP4

When I ran TCPdump on the pi I can unanswered DHCP Requests as well as ICMP6, neighbor solicitations .

I had not even noticed that IPv6 had finished its roll out since I am still having issues with my access. Oddly enough it is opposite from my previous issue. I am unable to get an IA_NA Address, but can get an IA_PD Address pool.

When my router attempts to get a IA_NA Address, I get the following error:
Status Code: NoAddrAvail (2)
Status Message: No addresses have been assigned for IA_NA

Hi finalstar,
I don't believe Sonic issues an IA_NA address, and it's not needed either. IA_PD gives you a /56 prefix. Your router can pick its own address out of that pool, in addition to assigning one or more /64 to your downstream network(s).

As a recently connected customer, I'm having issues with IPv6 PD as well. I have this working (on the same router) on Comcast, with a /60. On Sonic, I request a /56, and get a /64:

Nov 19 11:46:47 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: IA timeout for NA-0, state=ACTIVE
Nov 19 11:46:47 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: reset a timer on ix0, state=RENEW, timeo=0, retrans=9046
Nov 19 11:46:47 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: Sending Renew
Nov 19 11:46:47 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: a new XID (8bb6fe) is generated
Nov 19 11:46:47 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: set client ID (len 14)
Nov 19 11:46:47 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: set server ID (len 26)
Nov 19 11:46:47 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: set IA address
Nov 19 11:46:47 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: set identity association
Nov 19 11:46:47 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: set elapsed time (len 2)
Nov 19 11:46:47 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: set option request (len 4)
Nov 19 11:46:47 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: send renew to ff02::1:2%ix0
Nov 19 11:46:48 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: receive reply from fe80::4e73:4fff:fe37:248%ix0 on ix0
Nov 19 11:46:48 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: get DHCP option client ID, len 14
Nov 19 11:46:48 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: DUID: 00:01:00:01:00:00:e4:d9:00:e0:67:27:6d:54
Nov 19 11:46:48 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: get DHCP option server ID, len 26
Nov 19 11:46:48 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: DUID: 00:02:00:00:05:83:34:63:3a:37:33:3a:34:66:3a:33:37:3a:30:32:3a:34:38:00:00:00
Nov 19 11:46:48 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: get DHCP option identity association, len 40
Nov 19 11:46:48 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: IA_NA: ID=0, T1=10800, T2=17280
Nov 19 11:46:48 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: get DHCP option IA address, len 24
Nov 19 11:46:48 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: IA_NA address: 2001:5a8:601:22::1ad pltime=21600 vltime=21600
Nov 19 11:46:48 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: get DHCP option DNS, len 32
Nov 19 11:46:48 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: dhcp6c Received INFO
Nov 19 11:46:48 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: nameserver[0] 2001:5a8::11
Nov 19 11:46:48 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: nameserver[1] 2001:5a8::33
Nov 19 11:46:48 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: update an IA: NA-0
Nov 19 11:46:48 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: update an address 2001:5a8:601:22::1ad pltime=21600, vltime=64153926521952
Nov 19 11:46:48 main10 dhcp6c[53351]: add an address 2001:5a8:601:22::1ad/128 on ix0

Suggestions welcom...

daverand wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2024 1:05 pm As a recently connected customer, I'm having issues with IPv6 PD as well. I have this working (on the same router) on Comcast, with a /60. On Sonic, I request a /56, and get a /64:

Hi Dave,

I brought this issue up with our Network Operations team, and they found an issue on our end. I'll give you a call directly to see if it's okay for us to bring the service down, so that we can migrate you to the correct IP pool and get you a /56 address.

Kind regards,