11 Jun
2011
11 Jun
'11
11:48 p.m.
Hi Daniel,
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 09:01:15PM +0100, Daniel Case wrote:
I have been doing a bit of reading on ipv6 and would
like to set up my
own little v6 network at home, my ISP do not yet support it..but
Bitfolk do and I was wondering if I could use it to power my home
network?.. So, as far as I am aware we have a /64 block assigned to us
(which I think is the lowest you are supposed to assign in the v6
world?) which is...well, a lot of addresses.
It is a lot of addresses but as you say, a /64 is generally the smallest
assignment that should be used for a network.[*]
If you're planning to route a network to your home that means that
the /64 you get by default from BitFolk isn't enough, as you now
need at least two /64s.
If you decide to do this, you should therefore send a support ticket
to ask for an additional /56 to be routed to you. That's 256 /64s,
so you could route one of them to your home. Or perhaps route a /60
to your home meaning your home would then have 4 bits to run up to
16 different networks there, for example.
I have tried to find some information on it but all I
have found is
instructions on buying a tunnel broker, which I don't think I need
since I have the server. Can anyone point me in the right direction in
terms of setting up a tunnel that will work for both Windows and Linux
and give each computer that connects it's own v6 address?
You certainly can set up an IPv6 tunnel between your home and your
VPS to provide you with IPv6 connectivity there. I'm afraid I have
not personally done this so am not able to write up how to do it,
but I know a few customers have. It would be really great if someone
who's done this could put some notes on:
https://tools.bitfolk.com/wiki/IPv6
If you're not up for such a steep learning experience then there
would be no shame in instead applying for a free IPv6 tunnel from
HE.net or from sixxs.net, both of which have UK points of presence.
They will both also be able to route you a whole /48, which BitFolk
is unable to do at this time.
Cheers,
Andy
[*] There are some cases where opinion is divided, such as for
point-to-point links that will only ever have two addresses on
them, but the accepted wisdom in the IPv6 world is "every
network is a /64".
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