On Sunday 23 October 2005 09:46 am, Zhang Weiwu wrote:
> Hello. I recently got an IPv6 address for my small server (or perhaps I
> recently got a lot of IPv6 address, I cannot tell) from my ISP. This is
> what I did in attempt to activate this address (all following exactly
> what is written on the ISP's manual)
>
> server root # ip addr add 2001:41c8:1:53ae::2/64 dev eth0
> server root # ip route add 2000::/3 via 2001:41c8:1:53ae::1
> server root # ip -6 addr show eth0
> 5: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,ALLMULTI,UP> qlen 1000
> inet6 2001:41c8:1:53ae::2/64 scope global
> inet6 fe80::fcfd:50ff:fe44:5d98/64 scope link
> server root # ping6 2001:41c8:1:53ae::2
> PING 2001:41c8:1:53ae::2(2001:41c8:1:53ae::2) 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 2001:41c8:1:53ae::2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.077 ms
> 64 bytes from 2001:41c8:1:53ae::2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.069 ms
> server root # ping6 www.ipv6.org
> PING www.ipv6.org(igloo.stacken.kth.se) 56 data bytes
>
> --- www.ipv6.org ping statistics ---
> 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4024ms
>
> Now what? Is my ipv6 address working now? I don't see a clue on how to
> do testing.
Well it should be, but it's not. I can ping (your|their) router, but not your
server. You might try a traceroute6 to see where the problem might be. If you
still need help try #IPv6 on irc.freenode.net. Or if your ISP provides
support for IPv6 talk to them.
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>
> One question important to me but I never understood well. If I have a
> website only defined on IPv6 address, is this website accessible from
> major platforms (e.g. Win2k+/modern Linux, IE 6+/Firefox 1+) without any
> special configuration on the client side?
Windows (XP) has IPv6 disabled by default. Users would need to configure it.
On Linux if an IPv6 router advertises itself configuration is often
automatic. But once users have an IPv6 connection your site should be
accessible (assuming you get your connection up).
Jonathan Kollasch
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