[GRLUG] IPv6 readiness

[Jeff DeFouw]

On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:09:02PM -0500, Bob Kline wrote:
> http://test-ipv6.com/
> 
> I'm running Kubuntu 10.10
> 
> The test above says I'm not IPv6 ready,
> and am now surfing using IPv4 only.
> 
> At one of the Saturday socials,
> someone suggested that 10.10
> might come IPv6 ready.
> 
> http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20110124#qa
> 
> Maybe not.  Anyone have any
> insights here?  Should on just wait
> for June 8, 2011, and see what
> happens?  Is this an OS issue, a
> browser issue, or both?

World IPv6 Day sounds like it's mostly about Dual-Stack, having both 
IPv4 and IPv6.  These are the questions that need to be answered:

Is your computer/software IPv4-only?  If so, you won't notice any 
problems until some time in the future when you want to connect to a new 
IPv6-only host and can't.  World IPv6 Day shouldn't affect you.

Can your computer/software connect to hosts that have both IPv4 and 
IPv6?  If not, you will have connection problems on World IPv6 Day.

Can your computer/software connect to IPv6-only hosts?  That's a future 
issue.  Your OS should be fine, but your router and modem probably 
aren't ready.  Most ISP's don't offer direct IPv6 access either.  You 
can set up a tunnel in Linux and some routers if you really want it.

Dual-stack has been tested before on a smaller scale:

http://www.h-online.com/features/The-big-IPv6-experiment-1165042.html

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Jeff DeFouw <jeffd at i2k.com>

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