Home internet service IPv6 traffic is all filtered even when using a Netgear LTE router. No port forwarding. Plz fix!

djb14336 wrote:

Just got home and pulled up the ASN info on my TMO HI.

It is the AS21928 ID I looked at earlier from work…

... the one with 12, 671, 488 v4 IP's assigned.

This particular 172.58.0.0/21 subnet has been reserved/announced since 2016 (was 172.58.0.0/15 for about 10 months beforehand).

So no... they didn't exactly become a V6 only network.

They have been maintaining active v4 IP's for quite a while...  this particular subnet since 20160825.  The history here dates back into 2012, where it notes a different subnet described as internet backbone.

Their TRANSIT may have moved over to v6... but they have maintained their v4 assignments.

 

And yes, the gripe includes the inbound traffic.. but there is more to it.

The geo data assigned to my v4 addresses put me out of state... which monkeys up functionality for some services (sometimes Charlotte, other times Atlanta--I live in Florence, SC).  It is also monkeying with game traffic as well.

 

People have posted here those problems go away when going through their phones and/or hotspots. 

In other words... the v4 subnets the "normal" cell devices are using have more proper functionality.

So again... they are perfectly CAPABLE of a better dual-stack  implementation... but CHOSE otherwise.

I have had the same issue with the geolocation.  But, mine occurred on both ipv4 and ipv6.  And, it also occurred on my phone when its not connected to TMHI.  I called the number listed on the trashcan's web interface and they fixed the problem for me on home internet .  I'm still a little off.  But it close enough now.

I agree their dual stack deployment could have been better and probably will get better.  Its likely still a work in progress.  Its also interesting DNS64 is used on the phone network while it isn't on home internet.  I'm curious why thats different.

As far as inbound connectivity, hopefully thats coming.  I do not believe it is disallowed globally as others have said since Calyx customers on the MiFi are able to enable inbound IPv6 traffic,  Unfortunately, it doesn't look like you can manage the traffic by port or address which is a security issue.  As such, if inbound traffic is ever allowed, I will probably always keep a personal router between the trashcan and my network.