Re: Geolocation tools - IPv6 style

[Patrick Vande Walle]

On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:39:47 +1200 (FJT), Franck Martin
fra...@genius.com wrote:
 I have the feeling that the systems is not able to understand at all
 IPv6 for geolocation therefore default to foreign.
 
 I'm not aware of anyone providing IPv6 geolocation at the moment?
 Anyone has pointers?

Maxmind has an IPv6 database at
http://www.maxmind.com/app/geolitecountry 

It is very rudimentary. Given that the number of native IPv6
connections on the residential market is still very limited, it will, at
best, return the location of your tunnel provider. Not very useful right
now, especially of your tunnel provider is not local to you.

Patrick Vande Walle

Re: Home CPE choice

[Patrick Vande Walle]

On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:04:29 +0100, Nick Hilliard n...@foobar.org wrote:
 On 31/03/2010 23:55, Charles N Wyble wrote:
 What good off the shelf solutions are out there? Should one buy the
high
 end d-link/linksys/netgear products? I've had bad experiences with
those
 (netgear in particular).
 
 Some people have said that the Fritz!box is quite good.  No idea if it's

 approved for use in the US.
 
 Nick

The latest Fritz!Box is delivered with firmware that supports IPv6
(native, SixXS and 6to4 tunnels). They can do VoIP, too, and even include a
built-in phone answering machine forwarding messages through email.  There
are official IPv6-enabled firmwares available for several models. 
They are not cheap but the quality is there. The manufacturer has been
very responsive to advanced users expectations. 

If, for whatever reason the ADSL/VDSL modem part does not work well with
your ISP, it can be used as a router only, with whatever cheapo modem that
works in your area. 

http://www.avm.de/en/

Patrick Vande Walle

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