IPv6 via AYIYA

22 November 2008

This is getting repetitive, but again, I’ve wired up our house to the IPv6 internet.

This time, I’m not using Teredo or 6to4, but I’m using an AYIYA tunnel provided by SixXS. The reason I don’t use 6to4 is because we use DD-WRT v24 on our router, which for some stupid reason does not come with IPv6 support.

I am using the AYIYA tunnel by way of the AICCU utility (which is packaged in Debian and Ubuntu). AYIYA is cool because it can traverse NATs, and even doesn’t mind if our router reboots for some reason and our dynamic IPv4 address changes. It all works beautifully.

I’ve now got my own subnet, which is generously provided by my SixXS PoP, 2001:1938:309/48, which gives me, like, zillions of address space to play with. The whole setting up of IPv6 has been very educational. I would recommend that anybody interested in IPv6, or even just IP routing in general, route an IPv6 subnet at some stage, to just get a feel for the system.

Last one to ping6 -c 1 2001:1938:309:beef:21b:fcff:fe25:42e7 from their machine and tell me if it works is a rotten egg! Thanks, Paul — it worked!

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