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I would use IPv6 but my ISP doesn't support it. :-)
by harha_ 3y ago
I would use IPv6 but my ISP doesn't support it. :-)
- sgjohnson 3y agoMy ISPs lack of support for IPv6 got me into BGP. I now run my own ASN, rent a server with a BGP session that’s pretty close to my home (~50km/2ms), and tunnel v6 over that. I have a /32 of v6. That’s 2^96 individual addresses. Or 65k /48s. It was a great learning experience actually and is within the reach of anyone. You can get a BGP enabled VPS for $5/month, and ASN and a /40 for $50/lifetime.
- pera 3y agoWhich RIR? I think you have a typo on that price
- sgjohnson 3y agoRIPE, via a LIR, but it doesn’t matter, because ASNs are end-user resources. IP space is all PA though. The /32 I’m renting however.
- pera 3y agoAh the dollar sign made me think you were in ARIN, and they used to charge $550 for new ASNs
- sgjohnson 3y agoYou can get an ASN and IP space from RIPE (or a RIPE LIR) even if you’re in ARIN area geographically. All you need is proof of network presence within RIPE region (and yes, a $5/mo BGP VPS from Vultr satisfies that requirement). Then you can announce your RIPE v6 wherever you want.
- notamy 3y agoI’d love to see a write-up of how you did this! It’s been on my bucket list for a while.
- tamu_nerd 3y agoYou can also get a tunnel going through https://tunnelbroker.net/ https://tunnelbroker.net/. I use this with my PFsense gateway.
- the_duke 3y agoYou got some hints for how/where to get that ASN and /40? When I looked into this I only found relatively expensive options.
- autoexecbat 3y agoOnce you've been allocated your ASN and /32 subnet, is there any requirement that they continue to be used, or is it ok to sit on it for later use too?
- sgjohnson 3y agoMy IP space is PA, it’s allocated by a LIR. RIPE does have a requirement that you use your ASN, and that it’s multihomed. Multihoming rule isn’t enforced (meaning a single upstream is fine), but they do require you to actually use it.
- hamandcheese 3y agoI find it mildly horrifying that they hand out /32s.
- Macha 3y agoThere can be as many /32s in IPv6 as devices on the IPv4 internet.
- sgjohnson 3y agoRIPE hands out a /29 to any member without any requirements. For anything beyond a /29 you need to prove that you actually need it, but /29s they hand out like candies. As a LIR you can then lease out /32s. And when you run out of space to lease, request more space. I know a guy with 15x /29s. I actually find this scary too, but I mean, it’s /29s, not /8s.
- growse 3y agoIt is quite expensive to be a full member of RIPE though. Most people with smaller requirements can go through a sponsoring LIR to get PI space (like a /48).
- ThomasGlanzmann 3y agoCould you please explain how to get an ASN and a /40 for $50/lifetime? I only know the option where you pay a yearly fee.
- sgjohnson 3y agoThe guy I got my ASN no longer files them, but this guy also comes highly recommended. https://ifog.ch/en/ip/lir-services https://ifog.ch/en/ip/lir-services CHF 60/lifetime for natural persons , which is about $60. The guy that did my ASNs still does IP space - https://my.cloudie.sh/index.php?rp=/store/lir-services https://my.cloudie.sh/index.php?rp=/store/lir-services $10/y for a /40. A bit more expensive than the $50/lifetime that I promised, but that was the deal I got from Cloudie.
- miyuru 3y agoI got a /44 for a small price(It was free, but I payed for it). No ASN. Announced one /48 over AWS and tunneled to it to browse the internet via my own IPv6. It works fine.
- znpy 3y ago> You can get a BGP enabled VPS for $5/month Honestly, where do I get that ?