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On 8/1/20 2:45 PM, Grant Taylor wrote: |
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> On 7/31/20 1:54 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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>> If I had a week with nothing to do, I'd love to try to get something |
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>> like that working |
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> You don't need a week.� You don't even need a day.� You can probably |
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> have a test tunnel working (on your computer) in less than an hour. Then |
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> maybe a few more hours to get it to work on your existing equipment |
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> (router) robustly and automatically on reboot. |
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> I encourage you to spend that initial hour.� I think� you will find that |
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> will be time well spent. |
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> Hurricane Electric does have something else that will take more time, |
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> maybe a few minutes a day over a month or so.� Their IPv6 training |
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> program (I last looked a number of years ago) is a good introduction to |
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> IPv6 in general.� Once you complete it, they'll even send you a shirt as |
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> a nice perk. |
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> Note:� H.E. IPv6 training is independent and not required for their |
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> IPv6-in-IPv4 tunnel service. |
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>> but, I assume you need a static IPv4 address. |
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> Nope.� Not really. |
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> You do need a predictable IPv4 address.� I'm using a H.E. tunnel on a |
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> sticky IP (DHCP with long lease and renewals) perfectly fine. |
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> If your IP does change, you just need to update the tunnel or create a |
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> new one to replace the old one.� This is all manged through their web |
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> interface. |
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Here is an short read on the acceptance and usage of IPv6: |
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https://ungleich.ch/u/blog/2020-the-year-of-ipv6/ |
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So, yes I am working on using IPv6, with my RV/mobile-lab. |
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hth, |
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