[v6test] 6to4 relay router change

Kevin Day kevin at your.org
Sat Apr 12 14:56:48 UTC 2008


On Apr 12, 2008, at 5:23 AM, bruce robson wrote:

>
> I've noticed that the 6to4 relay router that gets used when I  
> specify the
> anycast address 192.88.99.1 as my 6to4 relay router has changed.
> I think this change happened within the last 10 days.
>
> The ping time to 2002:c058:6301:: is now 130ms when previously
> it was 35ms (I'm in the UK). The other change is that the ping reply  
> now
> comes from 2002:c058:6301:: when it used to come from
> 6to4-relay.sov.kewlio.net.uk (2001:4bd0:d10:2002::1).
>
> Traceroute using 192.88.99.1 as 6to4 relay router gives
> traceroute to www.ipv6experiment.com  
> (2001:4978:1:110:0:ac:ce55:1b1e) from 2002:5245:2db4:1::c0a8:203, 30  
> hops max, 16 byte packets
> 1 2002:c058:6301:: (2002:c058:6301::) 130.026 ms 132.395 ms 130.946 ms
> 2 www.ipv6experiment.com (2001:4978:1:110:0:ac:ce55:1b1e) 132.438 ms  
> 132.317 ms 130.096 ms
>
> Does any one know if the ipv6experiment people have started running
> a 6to4 relay router ?
>

Yep, we've been running a couple for a while now, it's possible  
something at your ISP has changed to start preferring one of ours to  
the one at kewlio they used before. If you're having any problems with  
it, send a traceroute to 192.88.99.1 to noc at your.org and we can look  
at it in more detail.

-- Kevin



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