[Gllug] IPv6 and firewalls

[James Laver]

On 12 Aug 2009, at 11:12, Peter Childs wrote:

> Can I be really stupid, and ask how do I create an IP6 Lan using
> Linux? It seams that you can tell linux to connect to an IPv6 Lan but
> how do I create such a thing.
>
> I suspect I need to update my DNS and DHCP (all running inside the
> LAN) but how? Until setting up a IPv6 subnet is easy nobody is going
> to to use it. I also guess I need to set the firewall/router to
> convert between IPv4/6
>
> I'm looking at updating my IPv4 Lan behind a multi cast firewall
> currently using 192.168.* ips
>
> Peter.

By reading the 'route' and 'iptables' man pages and allocating a  
machine as your router?

Or better still by buying something that just works.

--James
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