[AusNOG] IPv6 is hard.

[Joshua D'Alton]

Indeed, I had to RDP to my server to then access the router (forgot the
password) to get the net back up, ping4 would fail, but ping6 worked, and
consequently so did RDP :D

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Christopher Pollock <
chris at ionetworks.com.au> wrote:

> 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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