On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 8:14 AM Simon <li...@thehobsons.co.uk> wrote: > > Joel Roth via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org> wrote: > > > My problem is connecting via dhcp over ethernet. On IRC > > I was advised to try > > > > ping ff02::1%eth1 > > > > which fails to get a response, indicating IPv6 is not enabled in my client. > > > > I tried setting "iface eth1 inet6 dhcp" in /etc/network/interfaces, > > then "ifup eth1". This fails with > > > > no link-local IPv6 address for eth1 > > > > References suggest that "ifconfig eth1 up" or "ip link set dev eth1 up" > > will trigger the kernel to assign an IPv6 address. Since > > this is not happening, I'm asking the wisdom of the list VUAs > > how to enable IPv6 for this port. > > You don’t actually need DHCP to configure IPv6. snip > As an aside, and not specifically in response to either of the above emails, > I recommend the certification scheme run by HE at > https://ipv6.he.net/certification/, and if your ISP doesn’t yet offer IPv6, > then their tunnel service will provide you with good IPv6 connectivity. It’s > true that there is some learning you need to do for IPv6, but this course > will take you through things in steps - start with the basics and work up to > the more complicated stuff. The only bit I thought was a p.i.t.a. is a stage > where you have to provide ping and traceroute results to 100 different IPv6 > destinations over 100 days. The hardest part if finding 100 different > destinations - at the time I did it, I did some grepping of DNS server logs > at work to find them ;-) > > Not only do I want to echo mr Joel but for mr Simon. This gives great information - - - all together AND in a fashion that I think I may even be understanding this. Please would you fashion perhaps 2 or three more messages for intermediate and maybe even extend this into more of the 'advanced' networking country.
I am not needing ipv6 at present but likely this spring fiber optics are happening (finally some decent speed options) and they are in the process of moving to ipv6 likely within a year or so. I would prefer to know at least some more before I 'need' it. TIA _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
