Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6

2012-06-07 Thread Paul Tansom
** Simon Greenwood [2012-06-07 21:33]: > On 7 June 2012 21:02, Paul Tansom wrote: > > ** Simon Greenwood [2012-06-07 19:41]: > > > On 7 June 2012 18:55, Paul Tansom wrote: > > I have a static address allocated in a range allocated by my ISP. > > Everything is > > native IPv6 through the firewa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6

2012-06-07 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 7 June 2012 21:02, Paul Tansom wrote: > ** Simon Greenwood [2012-06-07 19:41]: > > On 7 June 2012 18:55, Paul Tansom wrote: > > > A couple of very quick questions on IPv6 that people may be able to > cast > > > light > > > on. > > > > > > 1. Does anyone know why IPv6 doesn't come up on boot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6

2012-06-07 Thread Paul Tansom
** Simon Greenwood [2012-06-07 19:41]: > On 7 June 2012 18:55, Paul Tansom wrote: > > A couple of very quick questions on IPv6 that people may be able to cast > > light > > on. > > > > 1. Does anyone know why IPv6 doesn't come up on boot with Ubuntu 10.04? I > > can > > enable it once it is boote

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6

2012-06-07 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 7 June 2012 18:55, Paul Tansom wrote: > A couple of very quick questions on IPv6 that people may be able to cast > light > on. > > 1. Does anyone know why IPv6 doesn't come up on boot with Ubuntu 10.04? I > can > enable it once it is booted with a quick ifdown and ifup (although I have > to >

[ubuntu-uk] IPv6

2012-06-07 Thread Paul Tansom
A couple of very quick questions on IPv6 that people may be able to cast light on. 1. Does anyone know why IPv6 doesn't come up on boot with Ubuntu 10.04? I can enable it once it is booted with a quick ifdown and ifup (although I have to force the ifdown). For some reason it doesn't come up when t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 RA Not Working

2011-09-10 Thread Jon Farmer
On 10 September 2011 09:19, Andy Smith wrote: > Can you show us the output of ip6tables -nL from before ufw is > enabled? Aha, since discovered that ufw disable doesn't flush iptables. All working now. Regards Jon -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 RA Not Working

2011-09-10 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Jon, On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 08:20:25PM +0100, Jon Farmer wrote: > On 9 September 2011 19:45, Andy Smith wrote: > > - Your host has IPv6 forwarding enabled so won't listen to RA by > >  default > > - You've blocked ICMPv6 router-advertisement inbound and/or ICMPv6 > >  router-solicitation outb

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 RA Not Working

2011-09-09 Thread Jon Farmer
On 9 September 2011 19:45, Andy Smith wrote: > There are many things that don't work the same in v6 compared to > v4... > > I don't use ufw so am not sure what it might do, but common reasons > for RA not working are: > > - Your host has IPv6 forwarding enabled so won't listen to RA by >  default

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 RA Not Working

2011-09-09 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Jon, On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 05:33:15AM +0100, Jon Farmer wrote: > But the answer doesn't make sense. You don't need to run ufw to use IPv4 so > why would you need it to run IPv6? There are many things that don't work the same in v6 compared to v4... I don't use ufw so am not sure what it mi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 RA Not Working

2011-09-08 Thread Jon Farmer
On Sep 8, 2011 9:39 PM, "Simon Greenwood" wrote: > > That's presumably the answer but I don't know why unless IPv6 support is compiled into ufw. I don't have ufw running at all on either my desktop or laptop (11.04) and it's set to no in /etc/default/ufw and IPv6 works fine. But the answer doesn'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 RA Not Working

2011-09-08 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 8 September 2011 18:42, Jon Farmer wrote: > On 8 September 2011 18:38, Jon Farmer wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have a Cisco router on my network that is doing RA for IPv6 > > assignment. If I plug the ethernet cable into my Ubuntu 11.04 netbook > > I get a IPv6 address assigned. If I plug the same

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 RA Not Working

2011-09-08 Thread Jon Farmer
On 8 September 2011 18:38, Jon Farmer wrote: > Hi > > I have a Cisco router on my network that is doing RA for IPv6 > assignment. If I plug the ethernet cable into my Ubuntu 11.04 netbook > I get a IPv6 address assigned. If I plug the same cable into my > desktop machine also running 11.04 I get "

[ubuntu-uk] IPv6 RA Not Working

2011-09-08 Thread Jon Farmer
Hi I have a Cisco router on my network that is doing RA for IPv6 assignment. If I plug the ethernet cable into my Ubuntu 11.04 netbook I get a IPv6 address assigned. If I plug the same cable into my desktop machine also running 11.04 I get "eth0: no IPv6 routers present". Anyone got any ideas why

[ubuntu-uk] IPv6, RA and Wifi

2011-05-20 Thread Jon Farmer
Hi I am having difficulty getting Ubuntu to pick up IPv6 addresses via RA over WiFi. All over devices connecting to the WiFi get a IPv6 as does Ubuntu machines when connected to the same LAN via Cat5. Syslog reports "wlan0: no IPv6 routers present" when the WiFi connects. This is happening on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 - are you using it?

2007-11-13 Thread Paul Tansom
** Pete Stean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-31 00:54]: > > When I asked a colleague(who has been working in it for 20+ years) what it > > was used for he explained, basically with nat it is pointless as was said > > before we cant or are unlikely to run out of ip addresses using IPv4. > > Actually,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 - are you using it?

2007-10-31 Thread Stephen Drake
On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 01:09 +, Skeg Fast wrote: > Daniel Lamb wrote: > > Windows does support IPv6, > > > > When I asked a colleague(who has been working in it for 20+ years) what it > > was used for he explained, basically with nat it is pointless as was said > > before we cant or are unlikel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 - are you using it?

2007-10-31 Thread Michael Holloway
On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 00:14 +, Daniel Lamb wrote: > Windows does support IPv6, > > When I asked a colleague(who has been working in it for 20+ years) what it > was used for he explained, basically with nat it is pointless as was said > before we cant or are unlikely to run out of ip addresse

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 - are you using it?

2007-10-30 Thread Skeg Fast
Daniel Lamb wrote: > Windows does support IPv6, > > When I asked a colleague(who has been working in it for 20+ years) what it > was used for he explained, basically with nat it is pointless as was said > before we cant or are unlikely to run out of ip addresses using IPv4. > > Regards, > Daniel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 - are you using it?

2007-10-30 Thread Pete Stean
> When I asked a colleague(who has been working in it for 20+ years) what it > was used for he explained, basically with nat it is pointless as was said > before we cant or are unlikely to run out of ip addresses using IPv4. Actually, that's not true... various world-renowned experts in the field

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 - are you using it?

2007-10-30 Thread Daniel Lamb
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Skeg Fast Sent: 30 October 2007 23:55 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 - are you using it? >> Actually, my toaster and oven have an IP address... I can remember IP (v4) addys better than I can remember my own

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 - are you using it?

2007-10-30 Thread Skeg Fast
>> Actually, my toaster and oven have an IP address... I can remember IP (v4) addys better than I can remember my own mobile number (even though I've had the same phone number for 10 years - I think the dots in the IP help :p) I can't see me remembering IPv6 addys any time soon though, even

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 - are you using it?

2007-10-30 Thread Stephen Drake
On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 15:36 -0700, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > On 30/10/2007, Gaurav Patel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here's my (completly biased, and untrustworthy) opinion: > > IPv6 is a can of worms that I really *Don't* want to open. > > I'm not even convinced we nee

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 - are you using it?

2007-10-30 Thread andylockran
Kris Douglas wrote: > > > On 30/10/2007, *Gaurav Patel* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > Here's my (completly biased, and untrustworthy) opinion: > > IPv6 is a can of worms that I really *Don't* want to open. > > I'm not even convinced we need it anymore. >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 - are you using it?

2007-10-30 Thread Kris Douglas
On 30/10/2007, Gaurav Patel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Here's my (completly biased, and untrustworthy) opinion: > > IPv6 is a can of worms that I really *Don't* want to open. > > I'm not even convinced we need it anymore. > > They've been saying we're running out of addresses for how long? Mo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 - are you using it?

2007-10-30 Thread Gaurav Patel
> Here's my (completly biased, and untrustworthy) opinion: > IPv6 is a can of worms that I really *Don't* want to open. > I'm not even convinced we need it anymore. > They've been saying we're running out of addresses for how long? Most of our > websites are run under one IP address, you don't nee

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 - are you using it?

2007-10-30 Thread Rob Beard
Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been reading an article on the beeb about Vint Cerf > ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7068140.stm ) stating that IPv6 > needs to be rolled out soon across major networks. > > Is anyone out there using it on their network, or has everyone

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 - are you using it?

2007-10-30 Thread Stephen Drake
On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 21:24 +, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been reading an article on the beeb about Vint Cerf > ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7068140.stm ) stating that IPv6 > needs to be rolled out soon across major networks. > > Is anyone out there using i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 - are you using it?

2007-10-30 Thread Kirrus
Hello, - "Matthew Macdonald-Wallace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been reading an article on the beeb about Vint Cerf > ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7068140.stm ) stating that > IPv6 > needs to be rolled out soon across major networks. > > Is anyone out there using

[ubuntu-uk] IPv6 - are you using it?

2007-10-30 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Hi all, I've been reading an article on the beeb about Vint Cerf ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7068140.stm ) stating that IPv6 needs to be rolled out soon across major networks. Is anyone out there using it on their network, or has everyone stuck with the tried and tested IPv4? Just in