Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-28 Thread tomas
On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 09:49:47AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 28 May 2019 09:29:41 am to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > A long enough run at it? :) I never gave it any great thought other than > you don't write like somebody from "east of the river". (where > river=Mississippi)

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 28 May 2019 09:35:17 am Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 08:32:38AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Thats a piece of cake Reco. On a new install, set both the hostname > > and the domainname, then add them, with the ipv4 net address into > > the hosts file. Then make

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 28 May 2019 09:30:59 am Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 28.05.19 14:59, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 08:51:41AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > But who or what is the gatekeeper to make sure the address you > > > choose, supposedly at random,

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 28 May 2019 09:29:41 am to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 09:19:55AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 28 May 2019 08:59:41 am to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > [...] > > > > The third time, you owe me a beer ;-P > > > > You're on, but you'll have to come and get it,

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-28 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 08:32:38AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > Thats a piece of cake Reco. On a new install, set both the hostname and > the domainname, then add them, with the ipv4 net address into the hosts > file. Then make resolv.conf back into a real file, with 2 lines, one to > set the

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-28 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 28.05.19 14:59, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 08:51:41AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > [...] > > > But who or what is the gatekeeper to make sure the address you choose, > > supposedly at random, isn't in use someplace next door or half the > > planet away? There may

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-28 Thread tomas
On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 09:19:55AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 28 May 2019 08:59:41 am to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > > The third time, you owe me a beer ;-P > > You're on, but you'll have to come and get it, and it will be miller64 > because I'm diabetic [...] It's quite

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 28 May 2019 08:59:41 am to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 08:51:41AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > [...] > > > But who or what is the gatekeeper to make sure the address you > > choose, supposedly at random, isn't in use someplace next door or > > half the planet away?

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 28 May 2019 08:48:06 am Dan Purgert wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > only talk to it. But if I leave the radio on, I've a neighbor whose > > phone will use it in a heartbeat regardless > > [...] > > Sounds like someone forgot to set security on their wifi... I thought that was what I

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-28 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 08:32:38AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 28 May 2019 01:49:29 am Reco wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 05:06:24PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Monday 27 May 2019 03:19:44 pm Reco wrote: > > > > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-28 Thread tomas
On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 08:51:41AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: [...] > But who or what is the gatekeeper to make sure the address you choose, > supposedly at random, isn't in use someplace next door or half the > planet away? There may be some sort of an enforcement in ipv6, but I've > not

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 28 May 2019 07:00:13 am Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 27.05.19 17:06, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Thats fine, shows the loop local stuff, but how does one determine > > the ipv6 address for picnc.coyote.den for instance. I think it > > somehow related to picnc's mac address, but thats just

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-28 Thread Dan Purgert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Gene Heskett wrote: > only talk to it. But if I leave the radio on, I've a neighbor whose > phone will use it in a heartbeat regardless > [...] Sounds like someone forgot to set security on their wifi... -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 28 May 2019 01:49:29 am Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 05:06:24PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 27 May 2019 03:19:44 pm Reco wrote: > > > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 02:09:45PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > On Monday 27 May 2019 08:58:14 am

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-28 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 27.05.19 17:06, Gene Heskett wrote: > Thats fine, shows the loop local stuff, but how does one determine the > ipv6 address for picnc.coyote.den for instance. I think it somehow > related to picnc's mac address, but thats just a WAG. On coyote, it'll look something like line 3: $ ifconfig

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-27 Thread Reco
Hi. On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 05:06:24PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 27 May 2019 03:19:44 pm Reco wrote: > > > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 02:09:45PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Monday 27 May 2019 08:58:14 am rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Monday, May 27, 2019 12:41:36

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-27 Thread tomas
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 05:06:24PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: [...] > Thats fine, shows the loop local stuff, but how does one determine the > ipv6 address for picnc.coyote.den for instance. I think it somehow > related to picnc's mac address, but thats just a WAG. There's not THE ip address.

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-27 Thread Dan Purgert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Monday, May 27, 2019 12:41:36 AM Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Sunday 26 May 2019 10:09:49 pm Andy Smith wrote: > > below> > >> You are determined to exterminate any and all users of a hosts file, >> staticly defined

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 27 May 2019 03:19:44 pm Reco wrote: > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 02:09:45PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 27 May 2019 08:58:14 am rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Monday, May 27, 2019 12:41:36 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > On Sunday 26 May 2019 10:09:49 pm Andy Smith wrote: >

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-27 Thread Reco
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 02:09:45PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 27 May 2019 08:58:14 am rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Monday, May 27, 2019 12:41:36 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Sunday 26 May 2019 10:09:49 pm Andy Smith wrote: > > > > > "you", below> > > > > > You are determined

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 27 May 2019 08:58:14 am rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Monday, May 27, 2019 12:41:36 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 26 May 2019 10:09:49 pm Andy Smith wrote: > > "you", below> > > > You are determined to exterminate any and all users of a hosts file, > > staticly defined network.

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-27 Thread tomas
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 08:58:14AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Monday, May 27, 2019 12:41:36 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 26 May 2019 10:09:49 pm Andy Smith wrote: > > below> > > > You are determined to exterminate any and all users of a hosts file, > > staticly defined

IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-27 Thread rhkramer
On Monday, May 27, 2019 12:41:36 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 26 May 2019 10:09:49 pm Andy Smith wrote: > You are determined to exterminate any and all users of a hosts file, > staticly defined network. Its ideal for small home networks. Hmm, that's interesting -- is there an analog to