[mdlug] ipv6 in Centos -- ouch

[Michael Mol]

On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Carl T. Miller <carl at carltm.com> wrote:
> I'm still trying to decide if I want to brag that
> I have IPv6 working or if I want to rant about the
> fact that it was painful to set up.  I can't believe
> that I'm the first person who got iptables, ip6tables,
> radvd, sysctl and the various files in /etc/sysconfig
> to work.
>
> I thought the Hurricane Electric certification would
> walk me through the setup.  Not really.  I spent hours
> in their blogs and searching Google to find how to
> configure everything using standard Centos files.
> I could not find a single website that correctly lists
> how to setup an IPv6 router!  Hopefully later today
> there will be a listing on LinuxQuestion.org and/or
> at the Hurricane Electric forums.
>
> Now that I know what to do, it's rather simple and it
> would take me only a few minutes to set up a new system.

Yup. HE's cert program isn't a tutorial, but it keeps giving you
enough information and direction that you can teach yourself, and
near-point goals to let you know when to move forward.

I mentioned it a couple times during my presentation, and at least
once on this list (I think), but #ipv6 on Freenode is a very good
resource. I've seen very few people show up in there and leave without
good answers.

> I'm already looking forward to working through the
> certification.

One thing I didn't mention...Hurricane Electric sends out t-shirts to
anyone who reaches the 'Sage' level, which is the current cap. They
send them out in batches, though.

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:wq