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
IPv6 and Dual Band Wifi On FritzBox 7390 Rocks!
I've been using a Fritz!Box 7390 for my home network for the last few months. It's not a "dirt cheap" piece of equipment, but it has a lot of very nice features which make it well worth its price tag. I originally got it, as I was looking for a DSL modem / router that would support IPv6 natively. I had been using a Linksys WRT54G with an open source firmware, but configuring … [Read more...] about IPv6 and Dual Band Wifi On FritzBox 7390 Rocks!
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
IPv6 Experiments and Frustrations
Image via WikipediaAs I mentioned recently, this server is now available over both ipv4 and ipv6.The next logical step was to get ipv6 of some kind working at home.Unfortunately my isp isn't offering ipv6 (yet!), so I had two options:Setup complicated networking stuff to get some of our ipv6 allocation to appear at homeGet an ipv6 tunnel from SixxsOption 1 might have been … [Read more...] about IPv6 Experiments and Frustrations