Now if Time Warner Cable would get their act together in Ohio (looks at them :) )
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 1:25 AM, Mehmet Akcin <meh...@akcin.net> wrote: > Yay! Thank you very much. > > You should write up something to their support forums! > > Mehmet > > > On Nov 22, 2013, at 22:22, Andrew D Kirch <trel...@trelane.net> wrote: > > > > Special thanks to Alexander from AT&T's "Tier-2" dept, though my > suspicion is that that is not where he works, as he seems exceptionally > clueful. > > Additional thanks to Owen DeLong who finally got me off my ass to > actually do this, I'll see you in the sky! > > > > Ok, is this core routing? not really, but it's nice to see a major clue > injection over at AT&T Uverse. I'm using this to document the MASSIVE > bureaucratic PITA which is getting native IPv6 on uverse. You'll start > from the default service on a 2wire "modem" (for values of modem that > equate to profanity). If you have the Motorola NVG589, count yourself > lucky and skip most of these steps. > > > > Abandon all hope ye who enter here.... > > > > Step 1: contact AT&T Uverse support and complain that you need IPv6 > (because we all need it, I in fact do for work). > > Step 2: general confusion as the level 1 droid doesn't know what IPv6 > is, politely request to be transferred to tier 2 > > step 3: you will be told that tier 2 is a paid service, invoke the > almighty FCC and ask to speak with a supervisor, expect a long hold here. > > step 4: you arrive at tier 2, mention that IPv6 won't work on your 2wire > and that AT&T has broken your protocol 41 tunnel with <insert tunnel broker > here, usually HE> > > step 5: you'll need to get your 2wire replaced with a Motorola NVG589. > Again you will be threatened with a cost to upgrade, mine was waived due > to the work requirement. I'd guess some additional complaining and > escalation will get this fee waived. My recollection was it was $100. The > new modem is good news for quite a few reasons, the 2wire sucks, the > Motorola sucks significantly less, and has a built in battery backup, but > mine lacked the battery. > > step 6: you'll receive the motorola by mail, or have a tech install it, > they actually had a tech in my area and I had an AT&T tech at my door in > less than 20 minutes from when I got off the phone with tier-2 (I about > died from the shock). > > step 7: configure the motorola (192.168.1.254) for passthrough, > DHCPS-dynamic, disable the firewall, the "advanced" firewall, hpna, > wireless, etc. > > Step 8: reboot to push the public IP to your real router. > > step 9: head over to the Motorola's home network tab, and in the status > window you'll see: > > > > > > IPv6 > > > > Status Available > > Global IPv6 Address 2602:306:cddd:xxxx::1/64 > > Link-local IPv6 Address fe80::923e:abff:xxxx:7e40 > > Router Advertisement Prefix 2602:306:cddd:xxxx::/64 > > IPV6 Delegated LAN Prefix 2602:306:cddd:xxxx:: > > 2602:306:cddd:xxxx:: > > > > > > In reality additional poking leads me to believe AT&T gives you a rather > generous /60, but how to use it? > > step 10: set up dhcpv6, example for mikrotik follows (but should be > easily convertible to nearly any router): > > > > /ipv6> export > > # dec/31/2001 20:26:03 by RouterOS 6.6 > > # software id = 5F2Y-X73L > > # > > /ipv6 address > > add address=2602:306:cddd:xxxx::1 from-pool=AT&T interface=bridge1 > > /ipv6 dhcp-client > > add add-default-route=yes interface=ether10 pool-name=AT&T > > > > I hope that this is of help to someone. > > > > Andrew > > > >
