[Klug-general] IPv6 network

[James Blake]

By the way, there are actually a couple of v6 ISPs:

http://aaisp.com/

James

On 14 Dec 2009, at 16:46, Fish wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I've not managed to make a meeting in some time,  mainly due to uni work,  but since the recent discussions of IPv6 I had an idea. 
> 
> If people need to adopt IPv6 to make it useful,  why don't we jump in and make an effort ourselves ? Linux has supported the stack for years, so why not make it an example?
> 
> For people without native IPV6,  which will be most everyone,  you can use a tunnel broker like tunnelbroker.net to get yourself connectivity.  This could be a workshop topic in itself (i.e. Getting IPv6 on your Linux distro using a 4to6 tunnel).  The other nice thing is HE have a "certification", so you can show people that you've got some knowlege of how to use IPv6.  
> Also, once we have done this we could start hosting some useful services (say, IRC, website, FTP, game servers?) and make use of the protocol.
> 
> Those who are so inclined could even try writing some applications which make full use of IPv6. 
> Since the point of a network is to connect computers (and people) together, a group such as ours might not be a bad place to start :-)
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> 
> Fish
> 
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