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I tried enabling IPv6 on my router just now. It asked me for a delegation size. How TF do I know. I just randomly put in 60. It's what a google search told me t

by dheera 5y ago

I tried enabling IPv6 on my router just now. It asked me for a delegation size. How TF do I know. I just randomly put in 60. It's what a google search told me to put in. Save changes. Go to main screen. Still only shows my IPv4 WAN address. No IPv6 "pinhole" setting near the port forwarding. Back to making breakfast and doing what I needed to actually do. I use a UDM Pro by the way.

Symbiote 5y ago
Sorry, I thought you were asking about a home broadband connection with the typical basic router supplied by the ISP. The UDB Pro looks like something for a small/medium business, so you presumably have a business connection. You'd need to ask your ISP for the configuration, as it will depend on what service they're providing. (Just like for IPv4 you'd need configuration if the ISP is providing you with 4, 16, 32, ... IPv4 addresses -- also a common situation.) If ifconfig is showing IPv6 addresses starting with fe80:, these are local/private, a bit like 169.254.x.y IPv4 addresses. So far, all global/routable IPv6 addresses begin with 2. (And for most home users, IPv6 is just as easy as IPv4, i.e. they don't know anything about either. After a test period, ISPs that support IPv6 generally enable it for all the normal home users -- it saves them money! That it is the default is how we got to 35% of Internet users using IPv6.)
deadbunny 5y ago
> I tried enabling IPv6 on my router just now. It asked me for a delegation size. How TF do I know. I just randomly put in 60. It's what a google search told me to put in. Save changes. Sorry but how is that any different to IPv4? > I tried enabling IPv4 on my router just now. It asked me for a CIDR range. How TF do I know? I just randomly put 143.156.200.0/8. It's what google search told me to put in. Save changes. If you (the royal you, as in people) don't know how what they are you expecting it to work?

by dheera 5y ago

Symbiote 5y ago

Sorry, I thought you were asking about a home broadband connection with the typical basic router supplied by the ISP. The UDB Pro looks like something for a small/medium business, so you presumably have a business connection. You'd need to ask your ISP for the configuration, as it will depend on what service they're providing. (Just like for IPv4 you'd need configuration if the ISP is providing you with 4, 16, 32, ... IPv4 addresses -- also a common situation.) If ifconfig is showing IPv6 addresses starting with fe80:, these are local/private, a bit like 169.254.x.y IPv4 addresses. So far, all global/routable IPv6 addresses begin with 2. (And for most home users, IPv6 is just as easy as IPv4, i.e. they don't know anything about either. After a test period, ISPs that support IPv6 generally enable it for all the normal home users -- it saves them money! That it is the default is how we got to 35% of Internet users using IPv6.)

deadbunny 5y ago

> I tried enabling IPv6 on my router just now. It asked me for a delegation size. How TF do I know. I just randomly put in 60. It's what a google search told me to put in. Save changes. Sorry but how is that any different to IPv4? > I tried enabling IPv4 on my router just now. It asked me for a CIDR range. How TF do I know? I just randomly put 143.156.200.0/8. It's what google search told me to put in. Save changes. If you (the royal you, as in people) don't know how what they are you expecting it to work?