[AusNOG] IPv6 is hard.

[Christopher Pollock]

I've been having good out of the box v6 experiences lately too.
 Unbeknownst to me, something had gone wrong with the DHCP server at home
and since I access everything by name, it wasn't until I tried to ping
something on the console and saw the address resolve to a link local that I
found out I had no Internet, as everything the local LAN had kept running
on v6 when their v4 addresses went away.  How I love link local.

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On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Kevin Karp <ausnog at pps.com.au> wrote:

> Hi Don
>
> >So much new kit I've looked at recently that doesn't have even a hint of
> v6 in it, I'm just not bothering.
>
> Are you sure?
>
> I bought a Samsung colour laser wireless printer last month for home (for
> $135!) and it came fully kitted out for v6 out of the box. The web admin
> interface supports v4 and v6 settings equally.
>
> SLAAC kicked in straight away and it's actually easier to print to it from
> my laptop upstairs via v6 than it is via v4 because all of the v4 silliness
> of my ancient WAP router doesn't get in the way.
>
> I'm sure that that there's lots of kit that still doesn't support v6.
> Where we've found that to be the case, we've gently told the vendor
> "Thanks, but no thanks" and implemented alternatives.
>
> OpenBSD running on vanilla kit provides beautiful v6 support for any
> network protocol worth mentioning and is a great no-name alternative to
> proprietary solutions from intransigent vendors.
>
> Regards
>
> KJK
>
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