Advantages of using IPv6; none really. I can ssh directly to machines (I've set up aaaa records for everything, at home and at the community house) but other than that I only set it up for learning purposes. I've had to reconfigure our filtering system, learn how to use WPAD because I can't redirect ipv6 the same way as ipv4, and generally change all kinds of configuration.

xnet supports native ipv6 and has for some time. I called them to ask, and apparently all I need is a better router but I'll probably wait until this one dies or I want to get UFB. And the community house is using Orcon.

Still, it might be the best answer. I'll just have to keep a watch out for any more names I have to add.

On 8 June 2013 19:04, Simon Green <simon@simongreen.net> wrote:

> On 8 June 2013 13:04, Bruce Kingsbury <zcat@zcat.geek.nz> wrote:
>> So, any thoughts on how I might configure my system (debian 6) to prefer
>> IPV4 for just those two sites but use ipv6 for everything else?

There seems to be some discussion around the problem over here
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=2110001

I'm IPv6 enabled at home, and am not seeing any problems accessing Facebook (using Chromium for Fedora 18, IPv6). I guess it depends on which Facebook web cluster you get directed too.

On 08/06/13 15:32, Michael McDonald wrote:
> No idea - but you've aroused my curiosity. �What are the advantages of
> using ipv6 instead of ipv4?

My ISP (Internode in Australia) gives me a single IPv4 address, but 4,722,366,482,869,645,213,696 IPv6 addresses (a /56 block). Considering I usually only have 10 or so devices connected to the network, that is a bit overkill

Moving to IPv6 is a bit like switching from analogue to digital tv. The word has run out IPv4 addresses, and so we need to start using IPv6 to fix this problem in the long run. It will be decades before IPv4 is 'switched off' (if it is at all)

However, its very much a 'chicken and egg' problem where ISPs aren't moving because there is no demand, and providers aren't switching for the same reason.

Most NZ ISP do have plans to enable IPv6 on their networks in the coming years. Snap Internet are the only ISP that are IPv6 enabled for all customers (assuming your router and hardware support it of course).

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/is-your-rsp-ready-for-ipv6-revisited

� -- simon

(resending since I wasn't sending it from a subscribed address before, sorry if this gets dupped)

_______________________________________________
wlug mailing list | wlug@list.waikato.ac.nz
Unsubscribe: http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug