I've been running IPv6 via a Sixxs tunnel at home for several years. When I first set it up I was using an old LinkSys with alternative firmware. It worked, but it had a tendency to break randomly. After a couple of years I got a FritzBox! which "just works". Over the years the number of end user devices that support IPv6 has grown so these days the hardware is no longer the … [Read more...] about IPv6 In Ireland 2015 Edition
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Force SSH over IPv4 or IPv6
I've got an IPv6 connection at home via Sixxs which works pretty well. Of course some of the time when I need to access certain machines from outside the office I'll run into issues ie. I can get in over IPv4, but not over IPv6. Other times the IPv6 connection from wherever I happen to be might not be as stable as the IPv4 one. So being able to force an SSH connection … [Read more...] about Force SSH over IPv4 or IPv6
A New Broadband Connection
Last week, while I was up in Dublin, UPC came along and hooked me up to their fibre. Yesterday I got the fixed IP details and with Paul's assistance switched the UPC box over to bridging mode, reconfigured my Fritzbox and moved my home connection into the fast lane. It's nice With the standard UPC wireless access point I could get a respectable 35 megs, but once I … [Read more...] about A New Broadband Connection
IPv6 In Ireland
I Want You To Use IPv6, a photo by blacknight on Flickr. IPv6 day came and went and still none of the major commercial ISPs are offering IPv6. None of the Irish government websites are available over IPv6 and only a tiny number of sites are dualstacked. Successive Irish governments have harped on about the "knowledge economy" and tried to play up how "advanced" the country … [Read more...] about IPv6 In Ireland
Labour Overlook A Basic Issue
Politicians and political parties love to throw around buzzwords. In Ireland we have got used to terms like: "digital economy" "knowledge economy" and, of course, "celtic tiger". Labour have released a document with the rather pretentious title of "Plan for Digital Ireland". Download it. Read it and try not to spill too much coffee all over yourself. Their … [Read more...] about Labour Overlook A Basic Issue