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Newer page: version 12 Last edited on Sunday, February 8, 2004 5:30:07 pm by CraigBox Revert
Older page: version 11 Last edited on Monday, February 2, 2004 1:51:00 pm by PerryLorier Revert
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-; [Linux]: make sure ipv6 is either compiled into the [Kernel], or modprobe ipv6 %%% For debugging, you'll want to ( Debian) apt-get install iputils-tracepath and iputils-ping 
+!! [Linux]  
+  
+Make sure [IPv6] is either compiled into the [Kernel], or compile it as a module and  
+  
+ % modprobe ipv6  
+  
+ For debugging, you'll want to install traceroute6 and ping6; on [ Debian], apt-get install iputils-tracepath and iputils-ping.  
  
 If you want a statically assigned address, you'll probably want a freenet6 tunnel. 
 You can get a tunnel from [http://www.freenet6.net] or (in Australia, maybe in NewZealand too if there are no local ones there) [http://broker.aarnet.net.au]. 
  
 The tunnel broker recommended by Andy Linton during his talk on the [APE]-[WIX] [IPv6] testbed was [Hurricane Electric|http://www.tunnelbroker.net]. 
  
-For [Debian], do apt-get install freenet6  
+For [Debian], do 
  
+ % apt-get install freenet6  
+  
+!! [Windows] XP  
+  
+Start up a command prompt and type  
  
-;[Windows] XP: start up a command prompt and type  
  ipv6 install 
-; Windows 2K: The following URL may be of some assistance  
- http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/sdks/platform/tpipv6/readme.asp  
-; [FreeBSD]: GENERIC supports it by default, but otherwise compile support into your kernel with the following options 
+  
+!! [ Windows] 2000  
+  
+ The following URL may be of some assistance: http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/sdks/platform/tpipv6/readme.asp  
+  
+!! [FreeBSD]  
+  
+ GENERIC supports it by default, but otherwise compile support into your kernel with the following options 
  options INET6 
  device gif #IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling 
  device faith #for [IPv6] and [IPv4] translation 
  device stf #6to4 IPv6 over IPv4 encapsulation 
  
-Specifically, don't try and give your client machines IP addresses. use zebra or radvd on your gateway.  
  
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+  
+Don't try and give your client machines IP addresses - use zebra or radvd on your gateway.  
  
 fec0:0:0:ffff::{1,2,3} are reserved to be aliased onto name servers. Thus client machines can set their dns servers to these addresses and just use DNS. 
 See http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipv6-dns-discovery-07.txt This draft has expired. 
  
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-Cheap way of installing IPv6 under linux is to grab http://www.linux.it/~md/6to4 and put it in your /etc/init.d directory and set it to run on boot. You're done.  
  
-See [6to4] for a more involved explaination as to what this script does. 
+A cheap way of installing IPv6 under linux is to grab http://www.linux.it/~md/6to4 and put it in your /etc/init.d directory and set it to run on boot. You're done. ( See [6to4] for a more involved explaination as to what this script does.)  
  
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-CategoryNetworking 
+CategoryIPv6, CategoryNetworking