Ralph Shumaker wrote: > David Brown wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 09:16:48AM -0700, Ralph Shumaker wrote: >> >> >>> IIANM, my ethernet card is configured with DHCP from my ISP, DSL >>> Extreme: >>> $ /sbin/ifconfig >>> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff >>> inet addr:ff.ff.ff.ff Bcast:ff.ff.ff.ff Mask:255.255.255.0 >>> inet6 addr: ffff::fff:ffff:ffff:ffff/64 Scope:Link >>> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 >>> RX packets:102276 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 >>> TX packets:87450 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 >>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 >>> RX bytes:102507877 (97.7 MiB) TX bytes:9008851 (8.5 MiB) >>> Interrupt:23 Base address:0xe000 >>> >>> Does this mean that I have IPv6? If so, what are these 5 sites that are >>> on IPv6? >>> >> Sure doesn't look like it's configured, just enabled in your OS. In >> fact, it doesn't look like IPv4 is configured on that interface >> either, which is odd, are you sure that's the interface connected to >> your ISP? >> > > Sorry, I assumed it would be obvious that I obscured the real addresses > (since this is a public list, and the addresses are not private ones). > > >> But, having the IPv6 unconfigured isn't too surprising, since very few >> ISPs seem to route it. If you send to a 6-4 gateway, it might work, >> though. >> >> If that works, you can see if http://ipv6.google.com/ works. >> >> The '5' sites was an exaggeration, but not by much: >> <http://www.ipv6.org/v6-www.html> has a list. >> > > For most of these links, Firefox ends up reporting "Problem loading page". >
Firefox successfully loaded 42 of the 116 links to IPv6 web pages, and 6 of the 10 IPv6 FTP sites. I'm not sure if the 116 links are actually IPv6 or just mention IPv6. Of the 42 that successfully loaded, at least one tells me that I'm coming in via IPv4: http://www.kame.net/ and at least one tells me I'm coming in via IPv6 (tho with a different IPv6 address than reported by ifconfig eth0): http://ipv6gate.sixxs.net/ I don't know which one to believe. 54 of the links (not quite a majority, but the largest subset) of the 116 give me a page that says "Server not found". 15 of the links give me a page that says "Unable to connect". 2 of the links give me a blank page with the URL in the location bar identical to the title. One gives me a blank page (Untitled), but with the URL in the location bar. One says the IPv6 service has closed. One appears to be in German with what seems to be a redirect link to a regular site. -- I hope I never meet a man so narrow minded as to spell a word in only one way. --Thomas Jefferson -- KPLUG-LPSG@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
