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Networking show topic: Setting up an IPv6 Tunnel


G+_Ian Treleaven
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Networking show topic: Setting up an IPv6 Tunnel.

 

This would be a nice show topic in my opinion. Not only how to set it up in the easy case but how to investigate issues when it doesn't work.

 

I've tried to do this with my router, a Raspberry Pi and also Windows, using both SixXS and Hurricane Electric. I think even though I've set my router to allow ping and to use an 'Open NAT', I'm not getting protocol 41.

 

It would be great to cover IP protocols and ways to test if your ISP and/or router are blocking them.

 

After all this is done, it would be great to have some thoughts on whether or not adding IPv6 support of any kind to the outside world is a good thing to do. For example, some browsers have a long time-out when they try to get to a site using IPv6 then retry using IPv4. It can have the side-effect of appearing to slow down the Internet.

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GRC's shields up! works well for port scanning your IP.  You could also run nmap/zenmap against your public IP.  But the loopback might taint results.  Running nmap from a VPS in the cloud would be ideal.  (I'm paying $40 a year for a limited, but not crippled VPS.  But GRC has a free port scanner.)

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