Preface

In this manual we explain how to set up an IPv6 tunnel (optionally with BGP) on a MikroTik router.
The following requirements only apply to BGP tunnels, if you want to create a normal IPv6 tunnel, you can ignore the requirements.

Requirements

To establish a BGP tunnel you need an Autonomous System Number (ASN) and at least one IPv6 subnet. Below you will find the links to our shop:
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Preparation

Tunnelbroker Account

Now create a user account if you do not have one yet.

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Confirm your e-mail address by clicking on the link in the e-mail you receive after registration.

MikroTik Router

We use a MikroTik Router with firmware version 6.47 and a network card ether1, which is directly connected to the Internet.

Our basic configuration looks like:

Tunnel

Creation

Now go to the tunnelbroker.ch website, click on Tunnel in the navigation at the top and then on Add.

A new page will appear, enter your public IPv4 address for the new tunnel here. Also make sure that it is accessible via ICMP (ping).
If your address does not respond to ICMP requests, please contact our support and we will disable this feature for your account.

You can also select the country for your IPv6 subnet (/64). If you activate the BGP checkbox, you also have to enter your AS number.

Once your tunnel is created, you will automatically be redirected to the page with your tunnel information. Here you can see the tunnel server and your tunnel client IP address.

You will also see the IPv6 addresses of the server and your site. If you enable BGP, you will see your BGP session information and the routes that have been imported and exported at the bottom of the page.
Please Note that we update the filters for the imported routes daily at 23:00 and in the IRR database a route object which must exactly match the prefix that will be imported.

Configuration

After you have created a tunnel, you can now set it up. The configuration examples can be found in the Configuration tab, where your tunnel information is also displayed.
Of course you can do the configuration manually, just create the tunnel interface, configure the IPv6 address and then create a route.

BGP

If you have BGP enabled and an ASN, you can set up your BGP session as follows: