NANOG26 IPv6 network instructions

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Basic configuration

Which network segments are IPv6 ready?

term room, and 802.11 wireless segment.

IPv6 global address prefix?

2001:0240:05ff:0000::/64 (802.11/ethernet in term room)

How to configure my notebook PC?

Use IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration (RFC2462).

Quick autoconf howto: NetBSD OpenBSD FreeBSD BSD/OS Win2k WinXP Linux

How do I get static IPv6 address?

We do not do that. Autoconfigure it.

IPv6 transport-ready nameservers?

2001:0240:05ff::53

Service time?

Whenever terminal cluster is running. Hopefully 24hours, starting from Sunday and terminating sometime on Oct 31.

How to obtain IPv6 stacks and make my laptop IPv6 ready?

In general: http://www.ipv6.org/impl/index.html

BSDs: OpenBSD 2.7, NetBSD 1.5, BSD/OS 4.0, FreeBSD 4.0 or later have IPv6 stack integrated.

Linux

depends on the distribution you are using. See distribution status page and conformance test comparison page.

http://www.bieringer.de/linux/IPv6/ and http://www.linux-ipv6.org/ have more info.

WinXP: IPv6 stack is integrated.

Win2K: IPv6 research releases from MS research

Win95/98: Trumpet IPv6 or Hitachi Toolnet6

Sun Solaris: Solaris 8 has IPv6 stack integrated. more info

Any other questions?

Do not hesitate to contact nanog26@kame.net.

Details of configuration

Connectivity to the outside world?

RFC1933/ RFC2893 configured IPv6-over-IPv4 tunnel to IIJ equipment in Palo Alto, California (PAIX). IPv4 traceroute for tunnel section.

IIJ router in PAIX
  |
  | IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel
  |
venue IPv6 router
  |
==+==
wireless/term room

Router equipment?

NetBSD-current (1.6F, KAME IPv6 stack intergrated) running on top of Wildlab LAMB. Basically, LAMB is used as a plain 486 PC with two 10Base-T ethernet interfaces.