[Gllug] IPv6?
Chris Bell
chrisbell at chrisbell.org.uk
Fri May 6 09:57:11 UTC 2011
On Fri 06 May, Jason Clifford wrote:
>
>
> If you already have a static IPv4 address there is no suggestion that it
> will be taken from you.
>
> When you get an IPv6 address it will not be based upon your IPv4 address
> unless you specifically use a tunnelling service that does that which
> isn't really optimal so it's unlikely. The tunnelling services I've
> tried out all allocate normal IPv6 - either as a /128 single IP or a /64
> network allocation.
>
> Those with a UKFSN broadband connection (except for C&W LLU based ones)
> can get a native IPv6 network allocation already. This runs dual stack
> so you have both IPv4 and IPv6.
>
That is what I thought originally until I read the information in a
yellow box with "either" ... "or" emphasised with italics, not and/or, on
http://ukfsn.myorderbox.com/kb/servlet/KBServlet/faq471.html
so I decided to check.
--
Chris Bell www.chrisbell.org.uk
Microsoft sells you Windows ... Linux gives you the whole house.
--
Gllug mailing list - Gllug at gllug.org.uk
http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug
More information about the GLLUG
mailing list