IPv6 support on Virgin media
Does anyone know whether (and if so when) Virgin plan to implement IPv6 on its network?
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On a slightly positive note, the Hub 4 that I'm on now after upgrading to Gigabit seems to have less issues with IPv6 tunnels such as those provided by Hurricane Electric.
Previously I would typically get something like 20 MBits/sec through my HE tunnel on my 350 MBits/sec connection. Sometimes I would get periods where I would get almost the full rate, but these seemed few and far between.
However, I'm now getting something like 900-950 MBits/sec on my IPv4 link, with speeds generally in excess of 500 MBits/sec over the HE IPv6 tunnel. While this isn't ideal, it's a whole lot better than it used to be.
Andy
On a slight note what was broken is still broken just not as broken..
Positive I guess 😜
So finally, for unrelated reasons, VM Business replaced my old Hitron router with one of the new GigaBit capable Chita units. Surprise, surprise (not), my HE 6in4 tunnel now consistently gives close to IPv4 speeds (I am on 500 Mbit service, not GigaBit [yet])
So, at least in my case, the problem was most definitely the old generation VM hardware (SuperHub 3 and Hitron).
I am, for now, a (relatively) happy bunny.
ChrisJenkins wrote:So finally, for unrelated reasons, VM Business replaced my old Hitron router with one of the new GigaBit capable Chita units. Surprise, surprise (not), my HE 6in4 tunnel now consistently gives close to IPv4 speeds (I am on 500 Mbit service, not GigaBit [yet])
So, at least in my case, the problem was most definitely the old generation VM hardware (SuperHub 3 and Hitron).
I am, for now, a (relatively) happy bunny.
I did think about you when I saw that Virgin Media were releasing a new modem for VM Business, glad it's helped!
It is coming up to the twelve year anniversary of this thread starting in March! The Have Virgin Media enabled IPv6 yet website page is still up, those IPv6 RAs are still teasing me on the wire when looking at tcpdump, but no real change. Will 2022 be the year?! Who knows.
ChrisJenkins wrote:So finally, for unrelated reasons, VM Business replaced my old Hitron router with one of the new GigaBit capable Chita units. Surprise, surprise (not), my HE 6in4 tunnel now consistently gives close to IPv4 speeds (I am on 500 Mbit service, not GigaBit [yet])
So, at least in my case, the problem was most definitely the old generation VM hardware (SuperHub 3 and Hitron).
I am, for now, a (relatively) happy bunny.
Excellent. Does the Chita unit still have the ability to do the GRE tunnel for static IPs?
TonyJr wrote:
ChrisJenkins wrote:So finally, for unrelated reasons, VM Business replaced my old Hitron router with one of the new GigaBit capable Chita units. Surprise, surprise (not), my HE 6in4 tunnel now consistently gives close to IPv4 speeds (I am on 500 Mbit service, not GigaBit [yet])
So, at least in my case, the problem was most definitely the old generation VM hardware (SuperHub 3 and Hitron).
I am, for now, a (relatively) happy bunny.
Excellent. Does the Chita unit still have the ability to do the GRE tunnel for static IPs?
I'd be amazed if it doesn't since they are (still) a standard 'optional' feature of the VM business package. But I use mine exclusively in 'modem mode' so I'm afraid I can't confirm that for sure.
