Moving home network to IPv6

Hi,

I currently have a home network setup with IPv4, and would like to move
to IPv6. Before I do anything, I'd like to know if there will be
problems because of the setup I have.

Currently, I have adelphia cable internet (who is only IPv4 still I
believe), with a Dlink 704p router for the firewall and a Dwl900
AirPlus for wireless clients. Ideally, I'd like to be able to keep
these in use.

The network is a mix of Linux and WinXP clients. I have a RH linux 9
server offering DHCP, DNS (my internal names + caching of Inet names),
NTP, SMB, NFS, SSH, CUPS, and Apache HTTP.

I have a private 192.168.0 class address...if there is a similar
concept in V6, I'd like to stick with it.

So, is this feasable, and where do I start? I'd like to migrate the
server first, then a single client...to make sure its working before I
start moving the others.

Thanks!
Andy

(E-Mail Removed) writes:

>Hi,

>I currently have a home network setup with IPv4, and would like to move
>to IPv6. Before I do anything, I'd like to know if there will be

Why? This is like "I would like to put a V12 motor onto my bicycle".

>problems because of the setup I have.

I wasn't really interested in your opinon, I just wanted to know how to
do what I wanted to do.

I have the feeling you said the same thing in 95 when people were
asking to switch from NetBIOS or IPX on windows to TCP/IP.

Unruh wrote:

>>I currently have a home network setup with IPv4, and would like to move
>>to IPv6.**Before*I*do*anything,*I'd*like*to*know*if*there*will*be
>
> Why? This is like "I would like to put a V12 motor onto my bicycle".
>

Maybe he's running out of address space. ;-)

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

[please, don't trim posts]

"Before I do anything, I'd like to know if there _will_be_problems_
because of the setup I have."

"Why? This is like 'I would like to put a V12 motor onto my bicycle'. "

The reply was meant to indicate "Problems? What problems? Nothing
but..."

> I wasn't really interested in your opinon, I just wanted to know how
to
> do what I wanted to do.

Opinions come free, often from hard earned experience. You can ignore
them, but that won't stop them. It's a _public_ ng, kinda like sitting
around the bar.

> I have the feeling you said the same thing in 95 when people were
> asking to switch from NetBIOS or IPX on windows to TCP/IP.

See, opinions _are_ free. Some are churlish. Some do not elicit
help

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/networking.html
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+IPv6-HOWTO/index.html
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Mobile-IPv6-HOWTO/index.html
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/OLSR-IPv6-HOWTO/index.html
http://www.google.com/search?q=linux%20IPv6%206over4
http://www.google.com/search?q=IPv6%206over4
http://www.google.com/search?q=windows%20xp%20ipv6
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/np.html#IP6

Get a 2.6 kernel distro!!!

Are your apps/servers ipv6 capable? Have you checked their project
pages?

The nature of your post reveals you're not yet prepared to tackle this,
however genuine your desire to explore the future. You're connected to
the internet (ipv4) so you need to know all the goodies for that as
well as ipv6.

Be prepared to study and work through problems as much as you can,
_then_ ask for help with a specific case. And don't believe everything
you read about the imminent conquest of IPv6. I don't see a mad rush
of those willing to pay for the infrastructure build out.

have fun,
prg

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I currently have a home network setup with IPv4, and would like to move
> to IPv6. Before I do anything, I'd like to know if there will be
> problems because of the setup I have.
>
> Currently, I have adelphia cable internet (who is only IPv4 still I
> believe), with a Dlink 704p router for the firewall and a Dwl900
> AirPlus for wireless clients. Ideally, I'd like to be able to keep
> these in use.
>
> The network is a mix of Linux and WinXP clients. I have a RH linux 9
> server offering DHCP, DNS (my internal names + caching of Inet names),
> NTP, SMB, NFS, SSH, CUPS, and Apache HTTP.
>
> I have a private 192.168.0 class address...if there is a similar
> concept in V6, I'd like to stick with it.
>
> So, is this feasable, and where do I start? I'd like to migrate the
> server first, then a single client...to make sure its working before I
> start moving the others.
>
> Thanks!
> Andy
>

Your biggest problem will be application support. I used awhile back a
IPv4 -> IPv6 tunnel. It was great, I could ping the IPv6 address on my
laptop from my IPv6 desktop. Except, that was all I could do (they were
both Windows XP machines at the time). The Windows VPN software did not
work, Apache did not work without tons of mods, most Windows FTP servers
do not work.

As for Linux. BIND 9 I think works on IPv6 with some patch. SSH may work
after a patch... Yeah, application support for IPv6 is crappy to say the
least.


HTH,
SB

Scott Brown wrote:
>As for Linux. BIND 9 I think works on IPv6 with some patch. SSH may work
>after a patch... Yeah, application support for IPv6 is crappy to say the
>least.

It's not that bad. Most services on my home-server are IPv6-ready.
That includes sendmail, INN, BIND, ssh and ntp. Only Apache is IPv4
only, but that's only because OpenBSD doesn't use Apache2 by default.
I hope the upcoming 3.7 release will include Apache2.

--
Maurice

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I currently have a home network setup with IPv4, and would like to move
> to IPv6. Before I do anything, I'd like to know if there will be
> problems because of the setup I have.
>
> Currently, I have adelphia cable internet (who is only IPv4 still I
> believe), with a Dlink 704p router for the firewall and a Dwl900
> AirPlus for wireless clients. Ideally, I'd like to be able to keep
> these in use.
>
> The network is a mix of Linux and WinXP clients. I have a RH linux 9
> server offering DHCP, DNS (my internal names + caching of Inet names),
> NTP, SMB, NFS, SSH, CUPS, and Apache HTTP.
>
> I have a private 192.168.0 class address...if there is a similar
> concept in V6, I'd like to stick with it.
>
> So, is this feasable, and where do I start? I'd like to migrate the
> server first, then a single client...to make sure its working before I
> start moving the others.
>
> Thanks!
> Andy
You can run both concurrently. If you set up a V6 network locally you
will use Link Local addresses (the equivalent of the private addresses)
but you can use V4 for external use.

David