On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 01:00:32AM +1100, Anand Kumria wrote: > On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 03:37:09PM +1100, Alexander Samad wrote: > > > > I also have 2 internet connections (1 static and 1 dynamic), I onyl use > > the ip6to4 addressing > > schema, which is a pain for the dhcp internet address cause I have to > > make changes to my internet dns, if memory serves me correctly you get a > > If you have a static IPv4 address you can use either the AARNet IPv6 > tunnel broker (reasonably okay) or 6to4 address (tends to have higher > latency due to dog-leg routing). > > If you have a dynamic IPv4 you really want to be using the AARNet IPv6 > broker.
I have a bunch of script run to update dyndns, ipsec and a few other things, so just tacked on a bit to update the ipv6 address associated with the dynamic > > One advantage 6to4 address has is that you can get your reverse DNS > setup (http://6to4.nro.net). > > > /64 on the 6to4 address space to chop up how you want internally, also > > using fe80 for site addressing so I can use these addresses with out > > worring about the changing dhcp address and therefor a changing 6to4 > > address > > The site-local prefix (fe80) has been deprecated (rfc3879), instead you > want IPv6 local addresses (rfc4193) which you can self-generate with > tools such as: > http://www.hznet.de/tools/generate-uniq-local-ipv6-unicast-addr.sh So much reading to do and so little time, just to save me time reading the rfc's can I still use those address, i will get around to it, but haven't had a need to follow up in ipv6, but maybe now I do 8) > > > I routing my encapsulated traffic via ::192.231.212.5 (aus 4to6 gateway) > > and via the ::192.88.99.1 which is defined as a 4to6 gateway which is > > mean to be provided by your isp > > You mean 6to4, however the 6to4 anycast address (::192.88.99.1) is > normally provided by the topologically closest network -- at the moment > that is switzerland as neither AARNet nor Telstra advertise reachability > of their 6to4 service. yep, I found one through japan as well, I use it as a fall back > > > had some fun setting it up and ip6tables, but now I have it running > > haven't played with it in a while. Setup my proxy pack to try ipv6 > > addresses first for some sites > > Which proxy are you using? I was under the impression that Squid was > fundamentally broken w.r.t IPv6 -- I'm been meaning to look at Apache2 > mod_proxy but, on my laptop, I'm using polipo with some success. Proxy pac tell my browser to by pass for certain ipv6 address, just to make sure it was working and all that > > Anand Sounds like you have been playing with it for while ? for work or fun > > -- > `When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to > its subjects, "This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are > forbidden to know," the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how > holy the motives' -- Robert A Heinlein, "If this goes on --" > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
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