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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Help with IPv6, please
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 14:38:31
Message-Id: 8526241.1h3AJ5O3tk@peak
1 Hello list,
2
3 Having been inspired by the recent discussion of IPv6, I decided to try it,
4 starting with my ISP, my Billion Bipac vDSL modem-router and one host - this
5 one. Of course it isn't straightforward.
6
7 Zen has allocated me a /64 ND prefix and a /48 PD prefix. I found a way to
8 tell the Bipac to set up IPv6, and rebooted it; it now tells me its LAN
9 address is 2a02:8010:663d:0:6203:47ff:fe2d:8eba/64. Nslookup on this host says
10 the same, without the /64. But then this:
11
12 $ ping6 vdsl
13 ping: vdsl: No address associated with hostname
14 $ ping6 2a02:8010:663d:0:6203:47ff:fe2d:8eba
15 PING 2a02:8010:663d:0:6203:47ff:fe2d:8eba(2a02:8010:663d:0:6203:47ff:fe2d:
16 8eba) 56 data bytes
17 64 bytes from 2a02:8010:663d:0:6203:47ff:fe2d:8eba: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64
18 time=1.75 ms
19 ^C
20
21 If I add the LAN address of the Bipac to /etc/hosts, ping finds it okay, but
22 what if the address changes if the Bipac reboots? I thought this kind of
23 address fixing was unnecessary in IPv6.
24
25 And am I supposed to fix the IPv6 addresses of the other hosts on the LAN, or
26 just stick to IPv4 for local comms? And I haven't yet even thought about the
27 wireless devices served by the Bipac, though I see my mobile phone has
28 acquired an IPv6 address starting with fe80::40be... and it doesn't look like
29 its MAC address.
30
31 --
32 Regards,
33 Peter.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Help with IPv6, please gentoo-user@××××.de
Re: [gentoo-user] Help with IPv6, please Ralph Seichter <abbot@×××××××××××.net>
Re: [gentoo-user] Help with IPv6, please Tamer Higazi <th982a@××××××××××.com>