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sleazyrob	Posted: Feb 17 2003, 07:53 PM
User Level: 4 Group: Members Posts: 66 Member No.: 8 Joined: 17-February 03	anyone actually managed to get a working tunnel up to 6bone?

fishsponge	Posted: Feb 17 2003, 08:07 PM
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sleazyrob	Posted: Feb 17 2003, 08:12 PM
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fishsponge	Posted: Feb 17 2003, 10:36 PM
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 679 Member No.: 1 Joined: 13-February 03	i can't say i've tried.... but it looks cool!! i'll let someone in my team know tomorrow... i'm sure he will be interested in trying!

fishsponge	Posted: Mar 4 2003, 07:54 PM
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 679 Member No.: 1 Joined: 13-February 03	i've also discovered http://ipng.org.uk/ - a similar thing to 6bone. i'm not sure which one i'm going to try and join yet, but i need to put the latest Solaris 9 on my Ultar 1 first. i'll give it a go then. I would like to get my linux box online as well, but i installed the wrong kernel, so i don't have IPv6 support! bugger.

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QUOTE (fishsponge @ Mar 4 2003, 07:54 PM)

I would like to get my linux box online as well, but i installed the wrong kernel, so i don't have IPv6 support! bugger.

Then recomplie it :rolleyes:

fishsponge	Posted: Mar 5 2003, 10:49 AM
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 679 Member No.: 1 Joined: 13-February 03	i would do, but that involves at least one reboot... and it's gonna annoy a couple of people, and me! plus, i don't really have the time right now. When i get around to putting Solaris 9 12/02 on my Ultra 1, i'll get that connected hopefully. Not gonna be around this weekend though, so it might be a while yet...

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QUOTE (fishsponge @ Mar 5 2003, 10:49 AM)

i would do, but that involves at least one reboot... and it's gonna annoy a couple of people, and me!

And thats gonna take what? A hole of 2 secs at the most. Even rebooting my P119 doesn't take long to reboot

pfinder	Posted: Mar 30 2003, 07:31 PM
User Level: 3 Group: Members Posts: 36 Member No.: 3 Joined: 14-February 03	I wonder when any one is going to do a version of DHCP for ipv6 (ok more a HCP) to fill in domain part of ip, gateway, dns servers, boot servers (where neccery), etc etc.

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QUOTE (pfinder @ Mar 30 2003, 07:31 PM)

I wonder when any one is going to do a version of DHCP for ipv6 (ok more a HCP) to fill in domain part of ip, gateway, dns servers, boot servers (where neccery), etc etc.

I believe you can do this already with bootp... DHCP is just an variation on bootp.
Broadly speaking (apart from the way it returns the IPv4 address - which you _dont_ need) it's version independent because it works just at the ethernet layer.

Also found this a few weeks ago
http://dhcpv6.sourceforge.net/
..note that the address configuration part is not really needed, the router supplies the prefix (network id) and the host just sticks a variation on its MAC address on the end.

pfinder	Posted: Mar 30 2003, 10:03 PM
User Level: 3 Group: Members Posts: 36 Member No.: 3 Joined: 14-February 03	I just relised that there must all ready be a version of NAT for IPv6 as NAT is often uesed transparently to control network access oo this is going to get fun...

fishsponge	Posted: Mar 31 2003, 09:21 AM
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 679 Member No.: 1 Joined: 13-February 03	DHCP with IPv6 is pointless, cos as rob says, an address is composed of the network you are on (supplied by the router and surrounding machines - neighbor discovery) with your MAC address stuck on the end. simple really!! and yes... NAT does exist, and has done for a long time, but implementing it can be difficult, and NAT for IPv6 is pointless anyway!!

pfinder	Posted: Apr 3 2003, 10:38 PM
User Level: 3 Group: Members Posts: 36 Member No.: 3 Joined: 14-February 03	(D)HCP is not point less for ipv6 , all that has happened is that a small part of dhcp has been split off in to the routers rather than a dhcp server, but assigning ip addresses is one of the less significat asspects of dhcp (for me at lest). The parts of dhcp that are most use for me is not assigning ip addresses and netmasks that just an inconvinent side effect. the usefull bit is the assignment of dns servers, gateways, WINS servers (for windows), and boot servers (ok so thats bootp, but its all much of a muchness). If all of that has been roled in to the routers I may be forced to kick some one for being ackward. :) Also it don't add you mac address to the end it adds part and mangles it a bit ( or is that just linux'es dodgy ipv6 implemetation?)

fishsponge	Posted: Apr 4 2003, 01:17 PM
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 679 Member No.: 1 Joined: 13-February 03	define "mangles it a bit"..... i don't believe so....

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HWaddr 00:02:E3:12:41:9E
inet6 addr: fe80::202:e3ff:fe12:419e/10

Im possably reading to much as the mac part but..

02:E3:......12:41:9E
02:e3 ff:fe12:419e
.........../\ note random extra bit (ff:fe)

this is what I mean by mundging
that of ipv6 only uses part of the mac address
(note this is taken from my computer which has ipv6 installed but not confugured
also .... are used as spacers cus the bb removes extra spaces)
Feel free to tell me im wrong.

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