Comments on: BT Exact IPv6 Tunnel Broker is back http://www.bishnet.net/tim/blog/2006/03/23/bt-exact-ipv6-tunnel-broker-is-back/ "For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen." -- HHGTTG Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:58:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Tim Bishop http://www.bishnet.net/tim/blog/2006/03/23/bt-exact-ipv6-tunnel-broker-is-back/#comment-9 Tim Bishop Sun, 26 Mar 2006 11:17:06 +0000 http://www.bishnet.net/tim/blog/2006/03/23/bt-exact-ipv6-tunnel-broker-is-back/#comment-9 I've had a read about 6to4 and in principle it looks like a flexible solution. The only thing I don't like is that it's tied to your IPv4 address, which means if you change IP for any reason your IPv6 address changes too. With a tunnel broker you don't get that. But, the downside of using a broker, as I've discovered, is that you're entirely dependent on one point of access, whilst with 6to4 you're not. What I'd really like is some way of an IPv6 range being allocated to me that I could then route without using a single broker. I guess that's not going to be possible until I can at least get native IPv6 to my router. I’ve had a read about 6to4 and in principle it looks like a flexible solution. The only thing I don’t like is that it’s tied to your IPv4 address, which means if you change IP for any reason your IPv6 address changes too.

With a tunnel broker you don’t get that. But, the downside of using a broker, as I’ve discovered, is that you’re entirely dependent on one point of access, whilst with 6to4 you’re not.

What I’d really like is some way of an IPv6 range being allocated to me that I could then route without using a single broker. I guess that’s not going to be possible until I can at least get native IPv6 to my router.

]]> By: Adam Sampson http://www.bishnet.net/tim/blog/2006/03/23/bt-exact-ipv6-tunnel-broker-is-back/#comment-8 Adam Sampson Sun, 26 Mar 2006 10:54:39 +0000 http://www.bishnet.net/tim/blog/2006/03/23/bt-exact-ipv6-tunnel-broker-is-back/#comment-8 ... that is, in theory you can get it set up automatically, but having tried I haven't been able to get it to work. … that is, in theory you can get it set up automatically, but having tried I haven’t been able to get it to work.

]]> By: Adam Sampson http://www.bishnet.net/tim/blog/2006/03/23/bt-exact-ipv6-tunnel-broker-is-back/#comment-6 Adam Sampson Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:20:46 +0000 http://www.bishnet.net/tim/blog/2006/03/23/bt-exact-ipv6-tunnel-broker-is-back/#comment-6 I'm using 6to4 these days, which gives you an IPv6 range based on your IPv4 address (2002:ipv4:addr::), and is pretty trivial to set up; it's anycast-based so it should find a nearby router automatically. I haven't played with reverse delegation yet, but it looks like you can get it set up automatically. I’m using 6to4 these days, which gives you an IPv6 range based on your IPv4 address (2002:ipv4:addr::), and is pretty trivial to set up; it’s anycast-based so it should find a nearby router automatically. I haven’t played with reverse delegation yet, but it looks like you can get it set up automatically.

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