Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

On 27/11/19 18:55, Ralph Seichter wrote: > * Daniel Frey: > >> > I have exactly one choice for an ISP and I need a static IP. The ISP >> > disables ipv6 for some reason when you have a static IP. > Like I said, the availability of "decent" ISPs varies by location, and > there are of course

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

On 27/11/19 09:28, Mick wrote: > On Wednesday, 27 November 2019 01:51:44 GMT Dale wrote: >> > Rich Freeman wrote: >>> > > On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 8:10 PM Dale wrote: > >> I went to Newegg. Hey, I buy stuff there sometimes. Anyway, I've > >> looked at several routers and none of them

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

On 26/11/19 23:56, Ralph Seichter wrote: > * Adam Carter: > >> when i enable v6, all my internal hosts become directly routable from >> the Internet via the /56 my ISP assigns me. > > Even pretty anemic hardware can handle the demands of an IPv6 firewall, > for example using iptables/nftables.

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

On Thursday, 28 November 2019 08:50:07 GMT Walter Dnes wrote: > On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 09:28:59AM +, Mick wrote > > > The world is moving towards high speed wireless connectivity anyway, > > so more and more devices will not need a physical switch port or > > ethernet cables to gain access

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 09:28:59AM +, Mick wrote > The world is moving towards high speed wireless connectivity anyway, > so more and more devices will not need a physical switch port or > ethernet cables to gain access to the network. "High speed wireless" is going to be a big

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

TIM has also been offering "experimental" native IPv6 to all PPPoE-connected customers for years [1]. It works, but they (intentionally?) made it less-than-useful by choosing to give out a dynamic /64. andrea [1]

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 07:55:51PM +0100, Ralph Seichter wrote > Gentoo users are often technically skilled and therefore in a position > to make good use of IPv6. I think it would be beneficial to let ISPs > and router manufacturers know that IPv6 is not some exotic luxury. Gentoo users are

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

* Ian Zimmerman: > But what about connecting to the outside world? For that, the > link-local address doesn't work. It does work, actually. fe80::1 is a perfectly valid way to specify the default gateway. Remember that NICs have several IPv6 addresses with different scopes. > No configuration

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

I can switch provider (currently with Vodafone) but in Italy only Fastweb has IPv6 (AFAIK) and it's not native but 6RD Il Lun 25 Nov 2019, 15:54 Ralph Seichter ha scritto: > https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2019-November/001712.html > > This does not come as a surprise, of

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

Rich Freeman wrote: > On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 12:36 PM Dale wrote: >> I've found that asking here is best. If it wasn't for my post here, I >> would have stuck with Linksys because it is what I've used in the past. >> Thing is, a post here lead me to a better product, even tho it wasn't a >>

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

On Wed, 27 Nov 2019 14:30:54 -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: > Generally I don't host anything on a router > that isn't directly related to its mission, so that could include > updating a dynamic DNS address, serving DHCP, or maybe serving DNS. I don't even do that. I have dnsmasq, as used by DD-WRT

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 12:36 PM Dale wrote: > > I've found that asking here is best. If it wasn't for my post here, I > would have stuck with Linksys because it is what I've used in the past. > Thing is, a post here lead me to a better product, even tho it wasn't a > Linksys product. It's one

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

* Daniel Frey: > I have exactly one choice for an ISP and I need a static IP. The ISP > disables ipv6 for some reason when you have a static IP. Like I said, the availability of "decent" ISPs varies by location, and there are of course locations where one is basically screwed when it comes to

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

Mick wrote: > On Wednesday, 27 November 2019 01:51:44 GMT Dale wrote: >> Rich Freeman wrote: >>> On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 8:10 PM Dale wrote: I went to Newegg. Hey, I buy stuff there sometimes. Anyway, I've looked at several routers and none of them mention IPv6 that I can find.

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

On 2019-11-26 15:41, Ralph Seichter wrote: * Daniel Frey: Can't do anything, ipv6 is completely disabled (removed from kernel config.) A search for "linux kernel enable ipv6" just returned more than 1.7 million results. Even if I recompile my custom kernels it won't work. Current ISP

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

On Wednesday, 27 November 2019 01:51:44 GMT Dale wrote: > Rich Freeman wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 8:10 PM Dale wrote: > >> I went to Newegg. Hey, I buy stuff there sometimes. Anyway, I've > >> looked at several routers and none of them mention IPv6 that I can > >> find. I even skimmed

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

In europe it's a bit different. My gentoo client runs in dual stack mode so my server does as well. I have ipv4 and ipv6 enabled and get 2 ip addresses from my ISP. of course i have 2 firewall rules, iptables and ip6tables. But why not. works out of the box. On 2019-11-27 01:09, Rich

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

Rich Freeman wrote: > On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 8:10 PM Dale wrote: >> I went to Newegg. Hey, I buy stuff there sometimes. Anyway, I've >> looked at several routers and none of them mention IPv6 that I can >> find. I even skimmed the reviews and can't find a mention of it. Is >> there some

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 8:10 PM Dale wrote: > > I went to Newegg. Hey, I buy stuff there sometimes. Anyway, I've > looked at several routers and none of them mention IPv6 that I can > find. I even skimmed the reviews and can't find a mention of it. Is > there some secret way to know when IPv6

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

Mick wrote: > On Tuesday, 26 November 2019 23:14:32 GMT Dale wrote: > > May be worth buying something which is (currently) supported by OpenWRT. > Their website and wiki make various hardware recommendations. > > https://openwrt.org/toh/views/toh_available_864 > > > There are also a number of

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

On Tuesday, 26 November 2019 23:14:32 GMT Dale wrote: > Mick wrote: > > On Tuesday, 26 November 2019 17:58:46 GMT Dale wrote: > >> I enter my username/password on the modem so I'm pretty sure it is > >> processing the packets and such. There is no mention of anything IPv4 > >> or v6. I'd suspect

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 6:41 PM Ralph Seichter wrote: > > My current ISP offers native IPv6 and has been doing so for years. > While choice varies across different countries, IPv6 availability has > increased considerably over the last 10 years, which is why SiXXs.net > has discontinued

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

* Adam Carter: > when i enable v6, all my internal hosts become directly routable from > the Internet via the /56 my ISP assigns me. Even pretty anemic hardware can handle the demands of an IPv6 firewall, for example using iptables/nftables. The demands of IPV6-related processing should actually

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

* Daniel Frey: > Can't do anything, ipv6 is completely disabled (removed from kernel > config.) A search for "linux kernel enable ipv6" just returned more than 1.7 million results. > Current ISP will not issue any ipv6 if an ipv4 static is required. My current ISP offers native IPv6 and has

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

Mick wrote: > On Tuesday, 26 November 2019 17:58:46 GMT Dale wrote: > >> I enter my username/password on the modem so I'm pretty sure it is >> processing the packets and such. There is no mention of anything IPv4 >> or v6. I'd suspect it is v4 only, since it works it has to support v4. >> lol

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

On Tuesday, 26 November 2019 17:58:46 GMT Dale wrote: > I enter my username/password on the modem so I'm pretty sure it is > processing the packets and such. There is no mention of anything IPv4 > or v6. I'd suspect it is v4 only, since it works it has to support v4. > lol So, old modem may

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

On 2019-11-25 06:53, Ralph Seichter wrote: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2019-November/001712.html This does not come as a surprise, of course, but I consider it a good point in time to pause and ask oneself what each individual can do to move further towards IPv6. The end

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

Mick wrote: > On Tuesday, 26 November 2019 15:16:24 GMT Dale wrote: >> Adam Carter wrote: >>> On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 1:53 AM Ralph Seichter >> >>> > wrote: >>> https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2019-November/001712 >>> .html >>> >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

Dale wrote: > I have a question about this.  I've read about this for ages and sort > of get the idea, running out of numbers basically.  There's two > questions that I can't answer tho.  I have a old Linksys router, the > old blue thing that is so common.  Would I have to buy a new router?  > I

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

On Tuesday, 26 November 2019 15:16:24 GMT Dale wrote: > Adam Carter wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 1:53 AM Ralph Seichter > > > > wrote: > > https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2019-November/001712 > > .html > > > > This does not

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

On 26/11/19 15:16, Dale wrote: > Adam Carter wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 1:53 AM Ralph Seichter > > wrote: >> >> >> https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2019-November/001712.html >> >> This does not come as a surprise, of course, but I

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

Adam Carter wrote: > On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 1:53 AM Ralph Seichter > wrote: > > > https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2019-November/001712.html > > This does not come as a surprise, of course, but I consider it a good > point in time to

Re: [gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 1:53 AM Ralph Seichter wrote: > https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2019-November/001712.html > > This does not come as a surprise, of course, but I consider it a good > point in time to pause and ask oneself what each individual can do to > move further

[gentoo-user] To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community

https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2019-November/001712.html This does not come as a surprise, of course, but I consider it a good point in time to pause and ask oneself what each individual can do to move further towards IPv6. The end is neigh(ish). -Ralph