IPv6 prefix for One NZ residential account

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Irihapeti

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#311443 15-Jan-2024 20:27

I've recently changed from One NZ Wireless Broadband to Fibre Starter 50.

This is the first time I've had ipv6 and I'm having fun figuring it out. If it's relevant, my router is a PC Engines APU1 running Ubuntu 22.04, which I've been using for nearly 8 years. I've had no problems setting up ipv4, but ipv6 is a different beast altogether!

All the info online talks about having a prefix, and I believe I don't have one: just a single IP address assigned to the router, in the form of 2XXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX::1/128

Is One NZ still assigning prefixes to residential customers? Can I get one on this plan so that I can do proper routing? If so, where and how do I apply? Trying to explain all this to a front desk person or chat bot somehow doesn't appeal.

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#3182479 15-Jan-2024 21:31

Yes they should be via dhcpv6 prefix delegation, enable that and it should work.

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#3182480 15-Jan-2024 21:47

Instead of running Ubuntu on the APU1 consider running OPNSense - https://opnsense.org

It is a little better optimized for the APU1 and perhaps easier to manage. But setting up SLAAC with a /56 subnet is what you'd want to do with One NZ.

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Irihapeti

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#3182786 16-Jan-2024 20:40

Thank you for pointing me in the right direction, both of you.

I imagine my question sounded a bit dorkish, but as some other ISPs talk about applying for a prefix, I kind of assumed that One NZ did the same. Anyway, I played around with an old laptop I use as a test bed and was able to access the prefix, on OPNsense and on the development release of Ubuntu. It turns out that 22.04 has broken dhcpv6, which is really helpful when you're not sure you know what you're doing in the first place. But it's all part of learning, I suppose.

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#3182792 16-Jan-2024 21:06

Slightly OT but is IPv6 for FWA only or available to all mobile customers?

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#3182813 16-Jan-2024 21:42

boosacnoodle:

Slightly OT but is IPv6 for FWA only or available to all mobile customers?

IPv6 is only available on fixed copper or ufb or hfc.

Not for mobile and fwa.

Ramblings from a mysterious lady who's into tech. Warning I may often create zingers.

Irihapeti

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#3188642 30-Jan-2024 20:24

Just to update, I did manage to get Ubuntu 22.04 to handle IPv6 on my router, and when I logged in just now, I was greeted with a nice new badge for accessing Geekzone over IPv6. 😃