>>>>> "Edward" == Edward Ned Harvey <lop...@nedharvey.com> writes:
Edward> So I logically conclude: If your little linksys or whatever Edward> router supports 6to4, and it can distribute IPv6 to the Edward> autoconfigure clients on your LAN, that means you don't even Edward> need to do *any* thing to your windows/mac/whatever laptops etc. Edward> Just enable the checkbox for 6to4 in your little router, and Edward> voila, you have IPv6 running on your LAN. 6to4 still requires protocol 41 traffic to be routable beyond your "little linksys". Some ISPs block that. Edward> Anybody doing anything like this in practice, or am I just Edward> talking theory at this point? Unfortunately, I can't test it Edward> myself, because I'm one of the saps who doesn't get a real IP Edward> address from their ISP. In which case, go to tunnelbroker.net, and get yourself a free 6-in-4 tunnel from Hurricane Electric, which gives you IPv6 *anywhere* that you can get *out* (even through multiple NATs) to the internets. I have a tunnel from them for my home network (my ISP doesn't pass proto 41), and another for my laptop. V6 *anywhere*. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <mer...@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
