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file · 2012-03-23, 02:41 PM

Just threw a firmware build onto my business router. Thought I would share this:

C:\Users\jcolp>tracert -6 ipv6.google.com

Tracing route to ipv6.l.google.com [2001:4860:800a::63]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms 2001:470:8:348::
2 36 ms 34 ms 36 ms jcolp-1.tunnel.tserv13.ash1.ipv6.he.net [2001:47
0:7:348::1]
3 30 ms 36 ms 28 ms gige-g4-12.core1.ash1.he.net [2001:470:0:90::1]

4 32 ms 32 ms 29 ms 2001:4860:1:1:0:1b1b:0:d
5 32 ms 30 ms 32 ms 2001:4860::1:0:9ff
6 46 ms 46 ms 47 ms 2001:4860::1:0:5db
7 48 ms 47 ms 46 ms 2001:4860::8:0:2f04
8 48 ms 46 ms 47 ms 2001:4860::2:0:ba
9 52 ms 52 ms 54 ms 2001:4860:0:1::10f
10 46 ms 50 ms 49 ms yx-in-x63.1e100.net [2001:4860:800a::63]

Trace complete.

Some final testing and web GUI tweaking to do, but it seems to work. Turn it on, copy/paste 3 different things from the tunnelbroker.net tunnel page, reboot, and boom. IPv6!

The really cool thing is that the tunnelbroker server in Virginia is *very* close. About 20-25ms away so the added latency of going over IPv6 is actually very minimal and in some cases is less than going over IPv4 to the same place.

tleeds · 2012-03-24, 11:17 AM

So, I ended up grabbing an Adtran Netvanta 1335 off the shelf and configuring it for FibreOp. Went pretty smoothly; Had TV and Internet working in about 30 mins from a factory default setup. Pretty straight forward setup.

Upload speeds didn't seem much better and my torrents seemed to be bouncing around a bit more.
(Aliant test utility shows about 18mbps uploads.. testing bears this out).

I'm also only seeing a max aggregate bandwidth of around 1.5MBps on my Torrents. (regardless of numbers). Is there traffic shaping going on? I've seen upwards of 3MBps on straight http downloads so I know the service can deliver.

Last: While I had it hooked up, I set up a port mirror and captured a minute of traffic heading to the IPTV receiver. Does anyone know whether the IPTV stream is encrypted and if not, what video format it uses?

ty

file · 2012-03-24, 11:25 AM

There is no traffic shaping taking place but when it comes to torrents a lot of things come into play:

1. How many simultaneous connections your client is configured to allow
2. Your disk
3. Throughput of the appliance performing NAT and its response time

Personally I've hit much greater than that with my service.

I did some quick looksee into the Netvanta 1335 and unless the NAT activity is done in hardware I wouldn't expect performance to be that good. It only has a 266MHz Freescale processor. Haven't been able to determine actual throughput though.

As for your final question the traffic that occurs between the set top boxes is not encrypted but the video feeds ARE encrypted - live, on demand, recorded, everything.

file · 2012-03-24, 02:02 PM

4.4.1.8e firmware is now available at http://web.joshua-colp.com/firmware

This is based on 1.0.1.8e and includes support for Bell Aliant FibreOP and IPv6.

To enable IPv6 you will first need to enable ICMP responses to pings by turning it on in: Advanced Setting -> Firewall -> General -> Respond Ping Request from WAN?

Once done visit http://www.tunnelbroker.net/ and register for an account. Once that is done sign in and create a new regular tunnel. Let it choose the best server for you to use, which will most likely be the Ashburn server. Once you have your tunnel created open it up by going to the main page and clicking on it.

Now you have to configure the Asus router. Open a new tab (you will need configuration details from the tunnel page) to the Asus web interface. Go to Advanced Setting -> WAN -> IPv6 and set it to Enabled.

Copy the value of "Server IPv4 Address" from the tunnelbroker.net page and put it in the "Tunnel Server IP Address" field in the Asus.
Copy the value of "Client IPv6 Address" from the tunnelbroker.net page and put it in the "Tunnel IPv6 Subnet Address" field in the Asus.
Copy the value of "Routed /64" from the tunnelbroker.net page and put it in the "Routed IPv6 Subnet Address" field in the Asus.

Click Apply and finally Reboot at the top.

Once your router has rebooted you should have IPv6 connectivity using tunnelbroker.net

I've made this as easy as possible but since IPv6 is not natively supported from Bell Aliant there is still some work involved.

Enjoy!

sgu222e · 2012-03-24, 07:55 PM

Will test this tonight or tomorrow.
I take it that it will not impact the IPTV service at all?

file · 2012-03-24, 07:57 PM

IPTV will continue to work as it normally does.

SirReal · 2012-03-24, 09:27 PM

Downloading, but will try it later tonight or tomorrow, wife and kids are watching TV. If I know what's good for me, I better wait.

SirReal

sgu222e · 2012-03-25, 12:59 PM

Firmware updated, and settings applied from tunnelbroker.net, but it doesn't appear to be working...
I tried verification from here: http://test-ipv6.com/
and cannot resolve ipv6.google.com

I'll double check everything later.

file · 2012-03-25, 01:03 PM

Did you remember to reboot after applying the settings? If not IPv6 will not have started.

You can also open a cmd window and type ipconfig to see if an IPv6 address is on your wireless or wired interface.

sgu222e · 2012-03-25, 04:32 PM

silly me, I had ipv6 disabled on the nic...
now it is working fine.

file · 2012-03-25, 04:33 PM

Awesome! Glad to hear it. Any recommendations on things I could tweak/improve to make it easier? I know having it reboot once you hit apply on the IPv6 page is one and I'm working on it.

sgu222e · 2012-03-25, 04:39 PM

Might want to make note, that in order to browse ipv6 webpages, you also need to add a DNS server that supports AAAA records.
Your tunnelbroker.net settings will list an IPv4 server that will support this.

file · 2012-03-25, 04:42 PM

Most (if not all) DNS servers support AAAA records these days so I don't expect that to be a problem. Did you run into that?

sgu222e · 2012-03-25, 04:43 PM

Yes, I left the default Aliant DNS servers on the router, and couldn't load ipv6.google.com
Switched to 4.2.2.2 and 72.82.42.42 (from the tunnelbroker.net profile) and it works.

file · 2012-03-25, 04:44 PM

Weird... I know the Bell Aliant servers support it... I'll look into it.

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2012-03-23, 02:41 PM	#331
file Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Riverview, NB Posts: 758	Just threw a firmware build onto my business router. Thought I would share this: C:\Users\jcolp>tracert -6 ipv6.google.com Tracing route to ipv6.l.google.com [2001:4860:800a::63] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms 2001:470:8:348:: 2 36 ms 34 ms 36 ms jcolp-1.tunnel.tserv13.ash1.ipv6.he.net [2001:47 0:7:348::1] 3 30 ms 36 ms 28 ms gige-g4-12.core1.ash1.he.net [2001:470:0:90::1] 4 32 ms 32 ms 29 ms 2001:4860:1:1:0:1b1b:0:d 5 32 ms 30 ms 32 ms 2001:4860::1:0:9ff 6 46 ms 46 ms 47 ms 2001:4860::1:0:5db 7 48 ms 47 ms 46 ms 2001:4860::8:0:2f04 8 48 ms 46 ms 47 ms 2001:4860::2:0:ba 9 52 ms 52 ms 54 ms 2001:4860:0:1::10f 10 46 ms 50 ms 49 ms yx-in-x63.1e100.net [2001:4860:800a::63] Trace complete. Some final testing and web GUI tweaking to do, but it seems to work. Turn it on, copy/paste 3 different things from the tunnelbroker.net tunnel page, reboot, and boom. IPv6! The really cool thing is that the tunnelbroker server in Virginia is very close. About 20-25ms away so the added latency of going over IPv6 is actually very minimal and in some cases is less than going over IPv4 to the same place.

2012-03-24, 11:17 AM	#332
tleeds Rookie Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 6	So, I ended up grabbing an Adtran Netvanta 1335 off the shelf and configuring it for FibreOp. Went pretty smoothly; Had TV and Internet working in about 30 mins from a factory default setup. Pretty straight forward setup. Upload speeds didn't seem much better and my torrents seemed to be bouncing around a bit more. (Aliant test utility shows about 18mbps uploads.. testing bears this out). I'm also only seeing a max aggregate bandwidth of around 1.5MBps on my Torrents. (regardless of numbers). Is there traffic shaping going on? I've seen upwards of 3MBps on straight http downloads so I know the service can deliver. Last: While I had it hooked up, I set up a port mirror and captured a minute of traffic heading to the IPTV receiver. Does anyone know whether the IPTV stream is encrypted and if not, what video format it uses? ty

2012-03-24, 11:25 AM	#333
file Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Riverview, NB Posts: 758	There is no traffic shaping taking place but when it comes to torrents a lot of things come into play: 1. How many simultaneous connections your client is configured to allow 2. Your disk 3. Throughput of the appliance performing NAT and its response time Personally I've hit much greater than that with my service. I did some quick looksee into the Netvanta 1335 and unless the NAT activity is done in hardware I wouldn't expect performance to be that good. It only has a 266MHz Freescale processor. Haven't been able to determine actual throughput though. As for your final question the traffic that occurs between the set top boxes is not encrypted but the video feeds ARE encrypted - live, on demand, recorded, everything.

2012-03-24, 02:02 PM	#334
file Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Riverview, NB Posts: 758	4.4.1.8e firmware is now available at http://web.joshua-colp.com/firmware This is based on 1.0.1.8e and includes support for Bell Aliant FibreOP and IPv6. To enable IPv6 you will first need to enable ICMP responses to pings by turning it on in: Advanced Setting -> Firewall -> General -> Respond Ping Request from WAN? Once done visit http://www.tunnelbroker.net/ and register for an account. Once that is done sign in and create a new regular tunnel. Let it choose the best server for you to use, which will most likely be the Ashburn server. Once you have your tunnel created open it up by going to the main page and clicking on it. Now you have to configure the Asus router. Open a new tab (you will need configuration details from the tunnel page) to the Asus web interface. Go to Advanced Setting -> WAN -> IPv6 and set it to Enabled. Copy the value of "Server IPv4 Address" from the tunnelbroker.net page and put it in the "Tunnel Server IP Address" field in the Asus. Copy the value of "Client IPv6 Address" from the tunnelbroker.net page and put it in the "Tunnel IPv6 Subnet Address" field in the Asus. Copy the value of "Routed /64" from the tunnelbroker.net page and put it in the "Routed IPv6 Subnet Address" field in the Asus. Click Apply and finally Reboot at the top. Once your router has rebooted you should have IPv6 connectivity using tunnelbroker.net I've made this as easy as possible but since IPv6 is not natively supported from Bell Aliant there is still some work involved. Enjoy!

2012-03-24, 07:55 PM	#335
sgu222e Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 124	Will test this tonight or tomorrow. I take it that it will not impact the IPTV service at all?

2012-03-24, 07:57 PM	#336
file Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Riverview, NB Posts: 758	IPTV will continue to work as it normally does.

2012-03-24, 09:27 PM	#337
SirReal Rookie Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 8	Downloading, but will try it later tonight or tomorrow, wife and kids are watching TV. If I know what's good for me, I better wait. SirReal

2012-03-25, 12:59 PM	#338
sgu222e Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 124	Firmware updated, and settings applied from tunnelbroker.net, but it doesn't appear to be working... I tried verification from here: http://test-ipv6.com/ and cannot resolve ipv6.google.com I'll double check everything later.

2012-03-25, 01:03 PM	#339
file Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Riverview, NB Posts: 758	Did you remember to reboot after applying the settings? If not IPv6 will not have started. You can also open a cmd window and type ipconfig to see if an IPv6 address is on your wireless or wired interface.

2012-03-25, 04:32 PM	#340
sgu222e Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 124	silly me, I had ipv6 disabled on the nic... now it is working fine.

2012-03-25, 04:33 PM	#341
file Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Riverview, NB Posts: 758	Awesome! Glad to hear it. Any recommendations on things I could tweak/improve to make it easier? I know having it reboot once you hit apply on the IPv6 page is one and I'm working on it.

2012-03-25, 04:39 PM	#342
sgu222e Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 124	Might want to make note, that in order to browse ipv6 webpages, you also need to add a DNS server that supports AAAA records. Your tunnelbroker.net settings will list an IPv4 server that will support this.

2012-03-25, 04:42 PM	#343
file Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Riverview, NB Posts: 758	Most (if not all) DNS servers support AAAA records these days so I don't expect that to be a problem. Did you run into that?

2012-03-25, 04:43 PM	#344
sgu222e Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 124	Yes, I left the default Aliant DNS servers on the router, and couldn't load ipv6.google.com Switched to 4.2.2.2 and 72.82.42.42 (from the tunnelbroker.net profile) and it works.

2012-03-25, 04:44 PM	#345
file Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Riverview, NB Posts: 758	Weird... I know the Bell Aliant servers support it... I'll look into it.