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And for those few times, you can still enter an IP directly. :) For those who like to memorise IP addresses, my favorite ping in ipv4 is 8.8.8.8, but in IPv6 I

by mgbmtl 11y ago

And for those few times, you can still enter an IP directly. :) For those who like to memorise IP addresses, my favorite ping in ipv4 is 8.8.8.8, but in IPv6 I like using 2600::1. Shorter, and more fun! (2600 as in the Hacker Quarterly/Hope.net or the old 2600 mHz hack, although the netblock is owned by Sprint, but I guess that is à propos..).

krylon 11y ago
Yes, you can. But it is hard to deny that if there is a specific server/host you are trying to access, its address is likely to be a lot harder to memorize than that. (And like I said, that should not be considered a reason to avoid adopting IPv6. The only thing I currently dislike about IPv6 is that my ISP does not give me a static network address.)
- mgbmtl 11y ago
  That's odd. What ISP is it? This goes against RFC recommendations (ex: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6177 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6177 - assign between /64 to /48) My ISP (DSL with teksavvy.com in Canada) offers a dynamic-ish /64 with SLAAC, then a static /56 subnet over DHCPv6. I know some people who had issues with their /56 subnet resetting, but that was usually solved by contacting tech support.
  - mgbmtl 11y ago
    Hmm, realized this after posting: my comment on /64 to /48 is rather off-topic, and the reason why the ISP allocates dynamically might be that they are using 6rd [1]. From what little I understand of it, 6rd calculates an IPv6 subnet by using the IPv4 address. So unless your v4 adress is static, your v6 subnet will be dynamic. Some cable providers are using this in Canada (Videotron). I hope they get rid of it soon, because it's really clunky! [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6_rapid_deployment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6_rapid_deployment
digi_owl 11y ago
Seems Google have been able to snag some easy to use IPv6 addresses for their DNS servers as well. 2001:4860:4860::8888 2001:4860:4860::8844

by mgbmtl 11y ago

krylon 11y ago

Yes, you can. But it is hard to deny that if there is a specific server/host you are trying to access, its address is likely to be a lot harder to memorize than that. (And like I said, that should not be considered a reason to avoid adopting IPv6. The only thing I currently dislike about IPv6 is that my ISP does not give me a static network address.)

mgbmtl 11y ago
That's odd. What ISP is it? This goes against RFC recommendations (ex: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6177 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6177 - assign between /64 to /48) My ISP (DSL with teksavvy.com in Canada) offers a dynamic-ish /64 with SLAAC, then a static /56 subnet over DHCPv6. I know some people who had issues with their /56 subnet resetting, but that was usually solved by contacting tech support.
- mgbmtl 11y ago
  Hmm, realized this after posting: my comment on /64 to /48 is rather off-topic, and the reason why the ISP allocates dynamically might be that they are using 6rd [1]. From what little I understand of it, 6rd calculates an IPv6 subnet by using the IPv4 address. So unless your v4 adress is static, your v6 subnet will be dynamic. Some cable providers are using this in Canada (Videotron). I hope they get rid of it soon, because it's really clunky! [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6_rapid_deployment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6_rapid_deployment

digi_owl 11y ago

Seems Google have been able to snag some easy to use IPv6 addresses for their DNS servers as well. 2001:4860:4860::8888 2001:4860:4860::8844