= Сообщение: 102 из 7402 ============================================== IPV6 = От : Michiel van der Vlist 2:280/5555 30 Nov 13 01:04:38 Кому : Björn Felten 30 Nov 13 01:04:38 Тема : IPv6 FGHI : area://IPV6?msgid=2:280/5555+52993122 На : area://IPV6?msgid=2:203/2+52990730 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP850 ================================== ============================================================================== Hello Björn,
On Friday November 29 2013 22:29, you wrote to me:
MvdV>> Why do you use XP as a router?
BF> 1. It's the most stable OS that I have ever tried.
We could start an OS war about stability, but a stable OS does not mean that is the best choice for a router.
BF> 2. It has the most simple and flexible administration of the BF> firewall that I know of.
But not for IPv6 you say...
BF> 3. It has all the remains of all my old computers, including all BF> the fidonet stuff, with loads of MS-DOS programs developed and tweaked BF> for more than 20 years. Converting it to something else would take far BF> more time and effort than I am willing to spend on our museum piece.
Ok, a good argument for keeping it alive. But why use it at a /router/?
BF> 4. My ISP would give me a new IP if ever I change the MAC address BF> (from my XP router/server), and I don't want to go down that route BF> again unless necessary.
1) MAC address cloning takes care of that.
2) How hard is it to change your IP address? If it is hard coded at more than half a dozen places, you are doing something wrong... If my address were to change, it would take me less than 5 minutes to update the DNS records..
MvdV>> What type of tunnel do you have? AYIYA?
BF> No, it's a 6in4-static. And I want to keep it that way.
My he.net tunnel is 6in4 static as well. I do not want to keep it that way. I want my ISP to give me native IPv6. ;-)
MvdV>> It is my understanding that routing does not work with the MvdV>> Windows version.
BF> It works for me. But (obviously) IPv6 routing doesn't work as well BF> as IPv4 does with XP.
IPv6 is only partly implemented in XP. No DHCP6 and no IPv6 DNS lookup on OPv6 only DNS servers.
MvdV>> Why don't you try my way? Flashing an old Linksys with a MvdV>> version of OpenWrt that supports IPv6. The how-to is all in the MvdV>> FidoNews articles (3) I wrote about it.
BF> Been there, tried that, got a brick to prove it. :)
I can see why you are reluctant, to follow in my footsteps. In the meantime we are two years further down the road. SOHO routers that support IPv6 out of the box don't cost a fortune any more.
BF> Nah, just kidding. As I said, it's all about being able to BF> administer the firewall in a user friendly way. I'm now to old to get BF> back to the old MS-DOS variant of administering things, I want a GUI.
You could consider spending a few bucks on a new router. IMHO the best routers are still boxes that are dedicated to do just that: being a router.
