From: jrwalliker@gmail.com   
      
   On 14/01/2026 17:49, Anssi Saari wrote:   
   > Pancho  writes:   
   >   
   >> On 12/30/25 20:00, David Higton wrote:   
   >>> In message <10iv40e$1e1ba$1@dont-email.me>   
   >>>             Pancho  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> IPv6 seems like a world of pain.   
   >>> In my experience it just works.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> I'm surprised. Accepting that you do not do some of the things I do,   
   >> like policy routing rules based upon a host computer IP...   
   >   
   > I actually do that. I route my IPTV boxes out via an alternate interface   
   > due to some stupid contractual issues. So all I did was add routing   
   > rules with ip -6 rule add from $addr table Magic and all the Magic table   
   > has is a defaultroute out via the other interface. Same as IPv4. But   
   > maybe your policy routing is something different?   
   >   
   > For sure this would be a problem if the IPv6 addresses were changing all   
   > the time but they haven't.   
      
   Some routers will let you use the source mac address in routing rules   
   which nicely overcomes the problem with varying IPv6 addresses.   
      
   John   
      
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