Patent ID: 8400943

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a memory; and a processor in communication with the memory, the processor configured to: receive an identifier included in a non-Internet protocol version 6 (Ipv6) network connection request to establish a non-Ipv6 network connection with a customer-premises equipment (CPE) device; store the identifier; receive an Ipv6 address request from the CPE device, the Ipv6 address request being a request to configure the CPE device to establish an Ipv6 network connection with the CPE device, the Ipv6 address request being transmitted according to dynamic host configuration protocol version 6 (DHCPv6) over the non-Ipv6 network connection established through the non-Ipv6 network connection request; insert the identifier included in the non-Ipv6 network connection request into the Ipv6 address request, the identifier being inserted into the Ipv6 address request to configure the CPE device to establish the Ipv6 network connection with the CPE device, and wherein the apparatus further configured to: receive an assigned Ipv6 address via a network connection from a DHCPv6 server and transmit the assigned Ipv6 address via the non-Ipv6 network connection to the customer-premises equipment device.