Hello list, Having been inspired by the recent discussion of IPv6, I decided to try it, starting with my ISP, my Billion Bipac vDSL modem-router and one host - this one. Of course it isn't straightforward.
Zen has allocated me a /64 ND prefix and a /48 PD prefix. I found a way to tell the Bipac to set up IPv6, and rebooted it; it now tells me its LAN address is 2a02:8010:663d:0:6203:47ff:fe2d:8eba/64. Nslookup on this host says the same, without the /64. But then this: $ ping6 vdsl ping: vdsl: No address associated with hostname $ ping6 2a02:8010:663d:0:6203:47ff:fe2d:8eba PING 2a02:8010:663d:0:6203:47ff:fe2d:8eba(2a02:8010:663d:0:6203:47ff:fe2d: 8eba) 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 2a02:8010:663d:0:6203:47ff:fe2d:8eba: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.75 ms ^C If I add the LAN address of the Bipac to /etc/hosts, ping finds it okay, but what if the address changes if the Bipac reboots? I thought this kind of address fixing was unnecessary in IPv6. And am I supposed to fix the IPv6 addresses of the other hosts on the LAN, or just stick to IPv4 for local comms? And I haven't yet even thought about the wireless devices served by the Bipac, though I see my mobile phone has acquired an IPv6 address starting with fe80::40be... and it doesn't look like its MAC address. -- Regards, Peter.
