[mdlug] Looking for IPv6 presenter for LUGWASH

[Jay Nugent]

Greetings,

On Fri, 20 Jan 2012, Michael Mol wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Jay Nugent <jjn at nuge.com> wrote:
>> Greetings Kevin,
>>
>> On Fri, 20 Jan 2012, Kevin O'Brien wrote:
>>
>>> Is anyone out there knowledgeable about IPv6? Or do you know someone who
>>> is? We are looking for a presenter for the Washtenaw Linux Users Group in
>>> Ann Arbor.
>>
>>    I teach IPv6 to both my CIS-206 and CIS-208 SysAdmin classes at WCC.
>> In the classroom we build a 'dual-stack' network and show how to configure
>> the FTP, SSHD, Apache, DNS/Bind, and Sendmail servers to use IPv6.  We
>> also bring in a /64 prefix into the classromm (via an IP6IP 'SIT' tunnel
>> from Hurricane Electric).
>
> I very much like HE's tunnels. Requires a public IPv4 address, though,
> which is a trick.

    I think you mean "static" IP address.  They do have an option you can 
select where you can use a "dynamic" IP address.  Then they provide you 
with a PHP script that monitors your IP address, and if it changes will 
automatically update the H.E. website with your new endpoint address and 
restart the SIT tunnel.


>> We cover SLAAC, RA servers, DHCP6, 6in4, 6to4,
>> RD6, DNS configurations, etc.
>
> Neat. I've used SLAAC, RAs, 6in4 (my HE tunnel, natch) and 6to4, but
> DHCPv6 is one area I haven't gotten around to messing with.
>
> When you say RD6, are you referring to 6rd?

    Yes, I meant 6RD.  Trouble is finding an ISP who has a clue, and/or is 
willing to use 6RD (Rapid Deployment) to bypass all their IPv4-only DSLAMS 
and DSL modems.  My own upstream ISP said last June (the 1st World IPv6 
Day) that they would roll out IPv6 to their customers "in a couple 
months".  When I checked back 4 months later they changed their story and 
now say "in six months".  Now I get a letter from them that they have sold 
their DSL customer base to another ISP and we all will be moved.  And this 
new ISP thinks there is no need for IPv6 because there is so much unused 
space in 127/8 and other 'legacy' allocations.  DUH!!!???  So it doesn't 
look like I will be getting 'native' IPv6 (along with proper PTR namespace 
delegation to my own DNS server) anytime soon :(


       --- Jay Nugent

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