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Newer page: version 15 Last edited on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 10:47:12 am by AristotlePagaltzis Revert
Older page: version 12 Last edited on Sunday, February 8, 2004 5:30:07 pm by CraigBox Revert
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-!! [Linux
+Don't try and give your client machines [IP ] addresses -- make use of the __stateless address auto-configuration__ and just set up zebra or radvd on your gateway. See [Simple IPv6 HOWTO | http://www.wiggy.net/texts/ipv6-howto/] for a quick introduction.  
  
-Make sure [IPv6] is either compiled into the [Kernel], or compile it as a module and  
+----  
  
- % modprobe ipv6  
+!!! [Linux]  
  
-For debugging, you'll want to install traceroute6 and ping6; on [Debian ], apt-get install iputils-tracepath and iputils-ping
+Make sure [IPv6] is either compiled into the [Kernel ], or compile it as a module and load it by way of <tt>modprobe ipv6</tt>
  
-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]
+For debugging , you'll want to install <tt>traceroute6< /tt> and <tt>ping6< /tt>; on [Debian ], <tt>apt-get install iputils-tracepath iputils-ping< /tt>
  
-The tunnel broker recommended by Andy Linton during his talk on the [APE ]- [WIX ] [IPv6] testbed was [Hurricane Electric |http://www.tunnelbroker .net ]. 
+A cheap way of installing [IPv6 ] under [Linux ] is to grab a [6to4 script | http://www.linux .it/~md/6to4], put it in your <tt>/etc/init.d</tt> directory, and set it to run on boot. That's it, you're done. (See [6to4 ] for a more involved explaination as to what this script does .)  
  
-For [Debian ], do  
+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] or [http://tunnelbroker.ipv6.net.au].  
  
- % apt -get install freenet6  
+The tunnel broker recommended by Andy Linton during his talk on the [APE] -[WIX] [IPv6] testbed was [Hurricane Electric | http://www.tunnelbroker.org].  
  
-!! [Windows ] XP  
+For [Debian ], issue <tt>apt-get install freenet6</tt>  
  
-Start up a command prompt and type  
+!!! [Windows] XP  
  
- ipv6 install 
+Start up a command prompt and type <tt> ipv6 install</tt>  
  
-!! [Windows] 2000 
+! !! [Windows] 2000 
  
-The following URL may be of some assistance: http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/sdks/platform/tpipv6/readme.asp 
+The following page may be of some assistance: [Microsoft IPv6 Technology Preview for Windows 2000 | http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/sdks/platform/tpipv6/readme.asp]  
  
-!! [FreeBSD] 
+! !! [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  
  
-  
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-  
-Don't try and give your client machines IP addresses - use zebra or radvd on your gateway.  
-  
-fec0:::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.  
+<pre>  
+options INET6  
+device gif # IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling  
+device faith # for [IPv6] and [IPv4] translation  
+device stf # 6to4 IPv6 over IPv4 encapsulation  
+< /pre>  
  
 ---- 
-  
-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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-CategoryIPv6, CategoryNetworking 
+Part of [CategoryIPv6 ] and CategoryNetworking