I’ve had Frontier fiber internet for the past 2-ish years. No complaints at all, but the nerd in me desires IPv6. I have the Frontier provided ONT device but declined their router. I have a MikroTik RB5009 which has been “searching” for an IPv6 prefix.

Anyway, I found this link during my research some time ago, and it finally looks like Frontier is enabling IPv6 for people.

I’m still not sure I’ll be able to get it until I get the settings just right, but thought I’d share.

  • SteveTech@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    Some ISPs use SLAAC instead of DHCPv6, maybe that’s the case for you? To enable it, you’ll need to run /ipv6/settings/set accept-router-advertisements=yes and reboot. The current RouterOS beta also lets you pick which interfaces to allow SLAAC on.

    • walden@wetshav.ingOPEnglish
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      3 hours ago

      Thanks. I tried that and still no luck. MikroTik has a lot of moving parts for IPv6 so I might start from scratch since I’ve tried changing so many things.

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    If you can’t get it working, there are (or have been) a few free IPv6 tunnel brokers out there (and I’m sure commercial ones).

    It looks like Hurricane Electric, which I remember being around, still provides free IPv6 tunnels.

    Getting it working natively will be preferable, less latency, but if you’re wanting to try out IPv6, that’d also be an option.

    • walden@wetshav.ingOPEnglish
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      8 hours ago

      Thanks for the recommendation.

      I did try hurricane electric a while back, but experienced a few glitches. I think I remember some services might have HE blocked… YouTube maybe?

      • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        8 hours ago

        I don’t know, haven’t used it. I’d imagine that if a service somewhere blocks VPNs, that it is liable to also block someone who is providing free IPv6 tunnels, as from their standpoint, it’d have a similar effect.

  • Iced Raktajino@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    20 hours ago

    Same boat. Declined their router and just use their ONT. Not that the router makes a difference, but my “wan6” interface has been waiting for an IP address for about the same amount of time as yours.