[Cialug] Mediacom is using IPv6

David Michael 1.david.michael at gmail.com
Fri Jul 17 21:36:06 CDT 2015


Can confirm that IPv6 is working for some on mediacom. I've had an IPv6 address for a month or two but prefix delegation started working a couple weeks ago. 

https://forums.mediacomcable.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=5fjm8lu15btug2211qrj6q9am5&topic=26599.60



> On Jul 17, 2015, at 9:26 PM, chris rheinherren <c.rheinherren at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I still have an IPv4 address on Mediacom. I will ask someone about it
> tomorrow while I'm at work.
> 
>> On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 8:43 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I typed in a wrong domain name and got the stupid "helpful" mediacom search
>> page, which I hate on principle. I turn that off by setting my router to
>> use opendns. Sometimes my router goes screwy and forgets.
>> 
>> I logged into my router and it hadn't gone screwy, it was showing the
>> proper settings. So I went to my network preferences on my laptop to check
>> the settings there and I noticed my computer had an IPv6 address. When I
>> visit http://whatismyv6.com/ I confirm that it also thinks I'm using IPv6.
>> 
>> So I'm using IPv6 and I'm not using a tunnel broker.
>> 
>> Anyone else seeing the same?
>> 
>> I don't know if the ipv6 address is at all related to the DNS settings
>> going bonkers on me. I'll have to look into that.
>> 
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