▲ 33 ▼ Why ISP gives more than one IPv6. (lemmy.ml) submitted 10 months ago by tdTrX@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments Title
[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 4 points 10 months ago (2 children) Are both subnets public? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tdTrX@lemmy.ml [S] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) one is 128 and other is 64 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Zikeji@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago Ah - yeah the /128 is what the ISP used to route traffic to your router. I believe that's IPv6 PD (prefix delegation) - the router uses DHCPv6, gets given that /128 it'll use for the ISP, then the ISP delegates the /64 (or other sizes) to the router. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tdTrX@lemmy.ml [S] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) one is 128 and other is 64 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Zikeji@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago Ah - yeah the /128 is what the ISP used to route traffic to your router. I believe that's IPv6 PD (prefix delegation) - the router uses DHCPv6, gets given that /128 it'll use for the ISP, then the ISP delegates the /64 (or other sizes) to the router. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zikeji@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago Ah - yeah the /128 is what the ISP used to route traffic to your router. I believe that's IPv6 PD (prefix delegation) - the router uses DHCPv6, gets given that /128 it'll use for the ISP, then the ISP delegates the /64 (or other sizes) to the router. permalink fedilink source parent