[colug-432] tunnelled IPv6 -- was: Looking for info on Columbus

[Richard Troth]

That's really a great question.  First goal might be just "beat the
Christmas rush".  But seriously ...

I have been wanting to get into IPv6, as I said, for at least a half
decade.  This would be out of geeky curiosity if nothing else.  "They
say" that IPv6 is about more than just address constrain relief.
"They say", for example, that IPsec is built-in with v6.  (This leads
to a question for followup in reply to Russ's reply.)

I also have my own domain.  That is, I have dedicated servers with
static IP addresses, in addition to the residential IPv4 address.
(Others may have their own domain and use DynDNS or something like it.
 This is a step further.  More complicated; more expensive; blah
blah.)  IPv6 matters more to me because of this.

Reminiscing ... I was on the internet before it was commercially
available.  The world was different then.  So ... enumerated reasons
...

 * get into v6 sooner, hoping to knock-out problems early, rather than wait
 * also, get my publicly visible servers ready for v6
 * evaluate the security implications of IPv6 and consider it as an
alternative to VPN
 * nail down my own subnet (am anxious to get past the RFC 1597 hack, frankly)
 * enjoy, for a limited time, an IP space with less consumerist presence

And yeah, NAT addresses do collide.  There are 256 class C subnets
under 192.168.x.x, and if you're at a big enough company you *will*
bump into something used by your employer.  (Does it matter?  Did for
me.)  Then there's the stuff about taking your laptop over to your
buddies house.  His WiFi animal doles out something under 192.168.1.x
just like yours does.  Does it matter?  Maybe.

-- Rick;   <><





On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:44, Scott Merrill <skippy at skippy.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Richard Troth <rmt at casita.net> wrote:
>>> What is your problem with a tunnelled ipv6 connection?  They
>>> are pretty trivial to set up, and I've not noticed any
>>> 'lagginess' with the ones I've used?
>>
>> Russ has been guiding me off-list.  He demanded "a full report to the
>> colug ML".  (For those who know Russ, I should not have to insert
>> smileys.)
>>
>> Summary:  I'm on SixXS.  One /64 tunnel.  One /48 subnet.  No changes
>> to my DNS.  No systems routed yet.  But no charge!
>>
>> If you want to play IPv6 at this time...
>
> Can you elaborate your primary (and secondary?) goals for playing the ipv6 game?
>
> What are the benefits to the home user to jumping through these hoops
> to get ipv6?
>
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