Add IPv6 localhost entry to /etc/hosts file

2011-09-05 Thread DJ Lucas
While it's not really prevalent just yet, big ISPs are supposed to begin to doing test roll-outs of IPv6 by the end of the year (if they haven't already). Probably good to add an entry for the loopback at very least. It's just ::1 localhost immediately under the existing 127.0.0.1 entry. I'm

Re: Add IPv6 localhost entry to /etc/hosts file

2011-09-05 Thread Zachary Kotlarek
On Sep 5, 2011, at 2:13 AM, DJ Lucas wrote: I'm not really sure what to do about actual IPv6 entries as your prefix will likely change when your router is rebooted unless ISPs start handing out static /64s (the last 64 bits are stable as they are assembled from the MAC address with FFFE

Re: Add IPv6 localhost entry to /etc/hosts file

2011-09-05 Thread Bruce Dubbs
DJ Lucas wrote: While it's not really prevalent just yet, big ISPs are supposed to begin to doing test roll-outs of IPv6 by the end of the year (if they haven't already). Probably good to add an entry for the loopback at very least. It's just ::1 localhost immediately under the existing

Re: Add IPv6 localhost entry to /etc/hosts file

2011-09-05 Thread DJ Lucas
On 09/05/2011 12:12 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: Does IPv6 run in conjunction with IPv4. I think it does. I don't really understand all the issues with implementing IPv4. I think that we should hold off for now (after LFS-7.0) until we get a good handle on how it will be used. AFAIK, most