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=IPv6 on AAISP Broadband=
=IPv6 on AAISP Broadband=
This is how we route and assign IPv6 on DSL connections.
This is how we route and assign IPv6 on DSL connections.

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IPv6 is normally automatic. If your DSL/PPPoE router supports IPv6 properly it will obtain an address for itself, and for allocation to devices on your LAN automatically when it connects using DHCPv6.


Customers are allocated a /48 block of addresses - this is usually per customer, and so a customer with multiple circuits or sites will have a /64 allocated from the larger /48 block. A /48 contains 65536 /64's and a /64 subnet is 18 million trillion addresses.
Customers are allocated a /48 block of addresses - this is usually per customer, and so a customer with multiple circuits or sites will have a /64 allocated from the larger /48 block. A /48 contains 65536 /64's and a /64 subnet is 18 million trillion addresses.
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The CPE will also assign itself a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-local_address Link Local] address in the form of FE80::, and will be based on the MAC address of the interface.
The CPE will also assign itself a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-local_address Link Local] address in the form of FE80::, and will be based on the MAC address of the interface.


==General IPv6 Settings==

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IPv6 is normally automatic. If your DSL/PPPoE router supports IPv6 properly it will obtain an address for itself, and for allocation to devices on your LAN automatically when it connects using DHCPv6.


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