IPv6 help and understanding please

[Tjarboe]

Hello

my ISP is still using IPv4.  I'm wanting to convert my home network to IPv6. I'm using DSL for my internet. Is this possible and how would I do it?

thanks!

[+BudMan MVC]

you could get a free tunnel from hurricane electric and then a router that allows you to connect to a tunnel.

Your not wanting to get rid of ipv4, which is no where close to being able to be done really.  But sure you could allow all your devices that support ipv6 to connect to ipv6 on public internet.. HE will give you either a  single /64 or if you have multiple segments at home you can get a /48 FREE and run your different segments on their own /64's

[Nick H. Supervisor]

A home network has no reason to be converted to IPv6.

IPv6 has been created because IPv4 cannot support the number of public IP addresses being used around the world. Within a home network, there is no justification for complicating things. There is a difference between a public IP and a private IP.

If you want your ISP to switch your public address over to IPv6 that is different, although I find it too confusing to give too much thought to the moment.

[Jason S. Global Moderator]

Nick - i understand your point, but there's still reasons to do it if youre looking for practice. It certainly doesnt hurt anything. Since his ISP doesnt support IPv6 yet (mine doesnt either), then he could get everything set up internally and ready to switch when the time comes.

@OP - i would take Budman's advise and check out Hurricane Electric. There's a ton of info on that site where you can learn, train, and even take their certification course. If you want to dive into Teredo or 6in4 tunnels, that'd be the place to start.

[Tjarboe]

Thanks for the information.  The only reason I was wanting to start converting in my home is to start learning Ipv6.

Thanks again!

 

 

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

  On 28/09/2015 at 18:59, Nick H. said:

A home network has no reason to be converted to IPv6.

IPv6 has been created because IPv4 cannot support the number of public IP addresses being used around the world. Within a home network, there is no justification for complicating things. There is a difference between a public IP and a private IP.

If you want your ISP to switch your public address over to IPv6 that is different, although I find it too confusing to give too much thought to the moment.

While you can do odd setups with an internal IPv4 allocation and a external IPv6 address, it's not designed to operate that way, and you do get some oddities (Either you proxy all your traffic, or do odd tunnel setups, you need to mangle DNS that breaks DNSSEC, etc.)

If you've got an IPv6 allocation, and your hardware/software (Firewall etc.) supports it, there's no reason not to use it on the internal network. It restores end to end connectivity too.

[+BudMan MVC]

If what your after is learning ipv6, great idea btw!!!  Then yeah get yourself a tunnel from hurricane electric, they are FREE and then start doing their certification.  Once you hit sage you get a free t-shirt.  If you are already up to speed on ipv6 doing the test and sage take you maybe a couple of hours on lazy afternoon.

You have to run a webserver that hits ipv6, email server, etc. setup dns glue with ipv6, etc..

I love nothing more than sporting my HE ipv6 t-shirt, other than my neowin that is