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Re: IPv6 support on Virgin media
The format beginning with cpc is the only one I know and it goes quite far back in terms of it's use, there's a post that breaks down the format: https://www.cableforum.uk/board/showpost.php?p=35514728&postcount=2 (goes back to 2012!), however it was in use in the NTL days for sure, just with a different sub and top level domain which I believe was broadband.ntl.com. The rDNS example posted recently, seems like a newer and different format used. I've never seen it before, but my area is quite old HFC and dates back to the NTL days. The areas you both are in could be newer infrastructure/network equipment wise. Regarding the question around the rDNS hostname being linked to account name/area. It's very much tied to the IP address allocated. I have seen my rDNS hostname change because of this. It has happened mainly when the network has had maintenance or segment changes happen and the DHCP lease is changed.4.1KViews0likes4CommentsRe: IPv6 support on Virgin media
Interesting! I checked my rDNS but doesn't look like it's changed much since I last looked (couple of years probably!). Location and numbers masked for obvious reasons. cpcxxxxxx-abcdxx-x-x-custxxx.xx-x.cable.virginm.net abcd is the location area code and x in replacement of numbers. That however looks like potentially more modern/different infrastructure given the naming structure difference. It is known that their network has v6 enabled when you know where to look, as it's been possible to do some tcpdump packet sniffing, finding IPv6 prefixes and manually adding routes and an IPv6 address within the provided range (given no DHCPv6 or SLAAC for router advertisements) does work for some. Based on known timelines I think their engineers did a lot of the IPv6 work a long time ago, it never got enabled, even after the public trial back in 2018/19. We don't know exactly why, we can only guess. We do know there's never been really any rush or priority.4.2KViews2likes0CommentsRe: IPv6 support on Virgin media
I love the fact that the Virgin Media community team are linking to a website that was setup to poke fun at the situation but being recommended as a reference for the latest information. Still, just about a month left before I move "WILL THIS BE THE YEAR" to 2023.1.6KViews2likes3CommentsRe: IPv6 support on Virgin media
rowlf wrote: I've just set up a tunnelbroker.net IPv6 connection to my OPNsense router. Some drop off in speed via IPv6 but nothing like the 20Mbps cap seen by others in this thread: This is using a Virgin Media Hub 5 in modem mode on a nominally 250Mbps plan. Yes, the Hub 5 having a different CPU and hardware design allows for better performance, It's mainly the Hub3 and below that has issues with 6in4. While the Hub4 is still Intel Puma based, it does have faster hardware which somewhat mitigates the issue in a lot of cases1.7KViews1like5CommentsRe: IPv6 support on Virgin media
Timwilky wrote: Until today, I couldn't. I usually use iperf, but all the public servers are outside of the UK, so I resorted to google with "IPv6 speedtest UK" that came up with myspeedmeter.net Their launch page has options for London with both IPv4 and ipV6 I have spare bandwidth on a server which is running iperf3 in server mode in the UK if you want to do iperf3 test? PM me with your IPv4/IPv6 prefix if you want (needed for allowing through the cloud firewall), you can test as much as you want. I experienced the same issue with the public ones, so I created my own ha ha. I prefer iperf3 for testing, given I'm multihomed and you can do bind-dev or -B for address binding to test each connection.2.6KViews2likes0CommentsRe: IPv6 support on Virgin media
IllLustration wrote: Well, to be completely fair, it's only 28 pages if you use the maximum page size ... Until they deploy and assuming you can't go elsewhere without going back to the dark ages of speed, your best option really is to think of VM as mere connectivity, and tunnel IPv6 traffic over IPv4. If you tunnel all your traffic, you can get back a static IPv4 address as well, and keep mass surveillance at bay to boot. Pretty sure it is likely one of the largest active community forum threads though, 12 years and still going strong. Mainly because we just refuse to let it die, but you know underground enthusiast IPv6 crew and all that. Honestly, it's almost it's own meme at this point in tech circles for those in the know. It is interesting you mention about tunnelling. There was a time in the IPv6 saga where even tunnelling couldn't save you and we had what can only be described as the evilest of checkmates, well if you chose the low cost option of free with 6in4. Is it throttled, is not? Good times. At least by either just better hardware or luck the newer Virgin Media CPEs now appear to be able to route data packets of all types without issues, so we have that going for us. Slightly off topic I went live with my Aquiss connection today. IPv6 is disabled by default (boo!) apparently because of the fear of customer kit not handling it because Aquiss don't supply any router (not a problem), but the difference in attitudes towards IPv6 compared to Virgin Media. "Hi, my connection is now live can IPv6 be enabled on my line?" --- 20 minutes later ---- IPv6 is enabled and a static /56 prefix provisioned. --- 15 minutes later ---- OpenWrt config tweaks with PPPoE and DHCPv6 for the IPv6-PD and.... we have native IPv6 connectivity. IT CAN BE DONE VIRGIN MEDIA. I have seen the future and it's 128 bits. I've got 99 bytes but IPv6 ain't one.1.8KViews3likes0CommentsRe: IPv6 support on Virgin media
Our area has historically not had any competition for full fibre for years, so it's basically been Virgin Media or any Openreach provider with max 80 mbps under VDSL which I guess is why Openreach have decided to provide it to provide competition. My specific street was fairly simple given it has existing ducts, no major work needed for pavement chambers, toby boxes etc, the main issue has been blocked ducts further up from where the fibre is coming in from, looking at Better Internet Dashboard has been great to see the work descriptions, since one.network removed it. First 7/8 properties are served by a telegraph pole, which is actually useful as you can easily see the CBT (Connectorised Block Terminal) when it went up as a good sign FTTP was coming soon, then the rest all have ducting up the property with connection covers on the front when they were first built. The CBT that's in the pavement chamber happens to be right outside my drive. Already signed up to Aquiss with Static IPv4/IPv6 (/56), should be a simple 1 stage install, given existing and ducting and such. Still will be hanging out here though, pretty much invested in the IPv6 saga at this point. The website I setup as a bit of joke is still going strong: https://www.havevirginmediaenabledipv6yet.co.uk!2.4KViews2likes14Comments