I also would like to try using IPv6 periodically.
It's only recently, my local router had a firmware upgrade to support IPv6.
The default setting for IPv6 within the router is still "Disabled".
When I change this setting to "Auto Detect",
the router gets an IPv6 address from the ISP.
The router indicates the connection type, through the ISP is 6to4 Tunnel.
I need to reboot any device, which uses the router, to get IPv6 addresses.
I have to check these devices to see if IPv6 is enabled on them.
The last time I did this, I found IPv6 had a little more latency than IPv4.
After deciding the ISP and router were still "not there", I disabled IPv6.
I haven't tried this recently, but this thread makes me want to try again.
Hopefully the router has better firmware and the ISP IPv6 support has improved.
In answer to a question how does one tell if the ISP supports IPv6,
I can only suggest turn IPv6 on and see if one gets a DHCP IPv6 address.
If one gets an IPv6 address, one must still test things.
One could possibly disable IPv4 to insure one is actually use IPv6.
On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Timothy Murphy <gayleard@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Fernando Lozano wrote:As a matter of interest, how can one tell if an ISP supports IPv6?
> Given IPv6 current state, where many vulnerabilities are related to
> autoconfiguration for home and small networks, and given the fact many
> ISPs still doesn't support IPv6 at all, IMHO the default setting should
> be IPv6 disabled. Any end user or sysadmin should take action only to
> enable IPv6, not to remove the threads it represents today.
This is slightly OT, but I often think I'd like to try using ipv6,
but when I ask I'm given a purely theoretical reply,
which I don't understand, usually involving SixXS.
Are there simple instructions anywhere, just listing the commands to use,
and not telling me how many people in China are using the internet.
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School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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