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How can I obtain a single random ipv6 address without asking my isp ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This should be easy, right ?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Use a free Hurricane Electric ipv6 tunnel. They've been the go-to "my ISP doesn't handle ipv6" solution for years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

HE IPv6 tunnels and Cloudflare don't get along well though, so you'll hit issues with a bunch of sites. You'll have a better experience with a $10/year VPS that has a routed /64 IPv6 range.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Thanks that looks like the best I can hope for in terms of disposable, geographically, low cost ipv6 adresses. They give whole /48 so I imagine they expect you to keep using them. Hopefully there is also a way to release the addresses when you're done with them.

I was hoping I could route any single ipv6 address to my location but looks like ipv6 doesn't have as much address portability as I'd hoped!