On 4/23/2010 02:57, Steve Bertrand wrote: > On 2010.04.23 03:39, Larry Sheldon wrote: >> On 4/23/2010 02:35, Larry Sheldon wrote: >> >>> >From my PC at home (Cox in Omaha) I can't even get a nameserver that >>> knows the site. >> >> I should point out that I am really stupid about v6--I don't know if I >> should be able to find a nameserver or not. > > Has nothing to do about being stupid... let's rephrase your statement > and put a positive spin on it as such: > > "I've heard about IPv6, but don't know very much about it. I think that > I should know more, but am a bit confused as to where to begin. What do > I do first?".
You are too kind. Since I no longer administer a network, I've gotten lazy about keeping up with developments. And that is stupid. > Then I'd say: > > "As a start, go to http://www.getipv6.info/index.php/Main_Page . If that > doesn't get you going, then let the rest of the community start posting > the resources that they know about, ranging from beginner up to the > advanced.". Good and useful advice. But the message I meant to convey at 0300 in a rainy morning when I couldn't sleep was "I don't know if a Windows XP (SP3, current patches) on a Cox Cable connection _should_ be able to connect, but my machine reported that it couldn't even *find* a name-server for the site." -- Somebody should have said: A democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. Freedom under a constitutional republic is a well armed lamb contesting the vote. Requiescas in pace o email Ex turpi causa non oritur actio Eppure si rinfresca ICBM Targeting Information: http://tinyurl.com/4sqczs http://tinyurl.com/7tp8ml
