[Cialug] [Your own] IPv6 in Central Iowa

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http://ipv6.netins.net/



On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Nicolai <nicolai-cialug at chocolatine.org>wrote:
>
>> Hey everyone,
>>
>> Let's put together an IPv6 list of local ISPs and networks.  I've
>> contacted a few ISPs; please add to this list!
>>
>> The following ISPs and networks support IPv6
>>
>>  - Iowa State University www.iastate.edu
>>  - DMACC www.dmacc.edu
>>
>> The following ISPs and networks responded to my email, but don't currently
>> support IPv6:
>>
>>  - Prairie iNet prairieinet.net
>>
>>
> Good idea. If you can't wait for your ISP you can pretty easily set up a
> tunnel. I bought a new router from linksys, the e2500 (which I give 5
> stars). I picked it because it was one of the few with ipv6 support built
> in.
>
> Then I registered a tunnel with tunnelbroker.net (takes only a minute).
>
> In the e2500 (and according to a colleague in the e4200) admin panel there
> is a tunnel configuration section. Enter the details from
> tunnelbroker.netand voila, your whole house is IPv6 enabled. My iPod,
> wife's iPad and
> iPhone, my Android phone, Kindle Fire, HP Officejet Pro printer and all PCs
> picked up IPv6 addresses within minutes. The only devices in the house that
> didn't get IPv6 were the Wii, 3DS and Bluray player. I hear older versions
> of Windows XP need a little extra config but my XP sp3 test VM didn't need
> anything special.
>
> The router also has a simple firewall option for ipv6 which seems to work
> well. It looks like the router also has the option to go ipv6 only but I'm
> not that brave.
>
> I did notice something funny last night, when I go to google and type
> "what's my IP" it only tells me my IPv6 address. (it might be nice to tell
> me both ipv6 and ipv4 addresses)
>
> The only problem that I've found with the above configuration is that I
> didn't get a very nice IPv6 address from the tunnel broker. Boo hoo. :-)
>
>
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