[GRLUG] IPv6 readiness

[Bob Kline]

Re OS fine, router and modem probably
not, mention was made that one will need
either a DOCSIS 2.0+-IPv6 or DOCSIS 3
version.

http://test-ipv6.com/ipv6day.html

<http://test-ipv6.com/ipv6day.html>The link above suggests there's plenty of
work to do yet for all aspects of the Internet.
Apparently the primary motivation for World
IPv6 Day is to alert users to the likelihood
that the world will run out of IPv4 addresses
in 2011.  Apparently IPv6 will, in some sense,
be mandatory in a few years.

    -- Bob


On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 1:11 AM, Jeff DeFouw <jeffd at i2k.com> wrote:

> 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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