Well, I’m still trying to work out how to get a 6to4 tunnel going on my home internet connection but I think I am slowly piecing things together. It seems you need to use the anycast address of 192.88.99.1 which is where IPv6 traffic will be forwarded over IPv4 but you need to covert your …
Tag: IPv6
Sep 15 2013
Working out IPv6 Tunnels on the Billion 7800DXL
Just a short update. Trying to work out how to get an IPv6 tunnel up and running on the new Billion 7800DXL router modem. I did try signing up for a tunnel with SixXS but apparently the address I provided was invalid and I have to wait a week for a response. I’ll see how …
Oct 06 2012
Tomato Firmware with IPv6
I am looking at getting our home network up to speed with IPv6 capability and one of the obstacles to overcome is the limitations imposed by our current router. It’s a Linksys WRT54GL which has been quite reliable over the years particularly when it has been running the fantastic Tomato firmware. Unfortunately, the vanilla Tomato …
Jul 23 2010
IPv4 Addresses: A Finite Resource
From time to time, you may have seen the newspapers (or their online counterparts) drag out a story about IP addresses running out accompanied by some sort of estimate as to when they will run out. It’s a cheap story to run and any non-technical journalist can get away with some basic coverage. Doing a …
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