IPv6 enabled
personal, technical, website
08:39 -0400
As of some time last week, my server got IPv6 connectivity via a
SixXS tunnel. Now my website, email, Jabber,
etc. are all accessible via both old-and-gungy IPv4, and shiny-new IPv6. What
does this mean? Right now, not a whole lot, since hardly anyone is using
IPv6. But it does allow me to test out IPv6, seeing as IPv4 will be running
out of addresses in a few years.
I also connected my laptop to the IPv6 network via a
Freenet6 tunnel. (At least until I gain enough
credits on my SixXS account). With Freenet6, you don’t need to register for an
account. Just download their software,
and set up an anonymous tunnel. But their connection seems to have higher
latency than SixXS. Plus you only get a single IP address, whereas with SixXS,
you can request a subnet.