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How is a home/private network's ipv6 network number assigned to Cable Modems?
For typical IPv4 home network deployments, the private network is made up of private IP addresses (usually 192.168.0.0/24). All devices share the router's public (Internet-routable) IP address assign...
I've read through this entire Wikipedia page hoping maybe there was something here that explained what I wanted to know. And there isn't.
There was a section talking about ISPs, but nothing that detailed how home IPv6 network numbers are assigned to IPS customers. There was verbiage that did indicate that Comcast does only issue a single /64 network as opposed to a range of networks, which only confirms what I know so far.
But this still doesn't answer my question. How are cable modems told what their subordinate network's network number is? The subordinate network, in this case, is the LAN that your personal devices would be connected to.
Still not alot of info:
Maybe a forum moderator and shed some light...