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[ipv6-wg] dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers

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Jan Zorz @ go6.si jan at go6.si
Tue Aug 23 21:02:53 CEST 2011

On 8/23/11 3:50 PM, Yannis Nikolopoulos wrote:
> In our ipv6 broadband trials, we've tested both static and dynamic
> scenarios. We're gearing towards a static model that is not "roaming",
> i.e the users will somehow be bound by their location. This way, we'll
> be able to aggregate customer ranges per terminating device.

Good choice imho...

> p.s.: I need to check the data but I'm pretty sure that we didn't
> experience major delays in our dynamic trials when a new prefix was
> assigned to an end user.

CPE is not the problem, SLAAC is. CPE will change the prefix on LAN 
side, but hosts might behave weirdly for some time (even if you start 
sending RA packets with 0 lifetime...)

Cheers, Jan

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