Re: IPv6 support in d-i
Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@tamay-dogan.net> writes:
> Am 2012-09-08 16:43:00, hacktest Du folgendes herunter:
>> Maybe. But given that many customers will be completely satisfied with
>> a solution where they have access to the IPv4 web via a http proxy, I
>> believe that we will start to see IPv4 as an extra service you have to
>> pay for.
>
> Question: If I assign a fixed IPv6 adddress to my customers how
> must setup the http proxy for IPv4 Webservices?
>
> Do you know a howto for it?
Nope, sorry. Any http proxy with dual stack support will work by
default. squid3 or trafficserver are some excellent Debian package
alternatives.
> Note: My business customers have no problem to use IPv6.. Do not know
> why, but it seems, there (mostly) CISCO routers do the right
> thing...
>
> It seems, there is only a problem witj private customers and there Low-
> Cost 0815 routers. The "AVM Fritz! Box" I have tested, work without any
> modifications too. Others like D-Link, Linksys and Netgear do not work.
>
> So, what can I do as Internet Access Provider, to "help" customers which
> can not use IPv6 for whatever reason?
>
> Should I give them a private IPv4 address (German GSM Provider do this)
> if I can not get more IPv4 adresses from RIPE??
I don't buy the "can not". Does not find it worth the cost, yes. But
that is only because they are used to IPv4 addresses being "free". They
are not anymore.
> Also I have even problems with IPv6 and embedded systems like Energy
> Metering Systems (I meter the Power consumation of all of my servers)
> and such, where the emebedded IP-Stacks do not support IPv6.
That sounds like something which would work just fine using rfc1918
addresses forever. No need to route them to the internet.
Bjørn
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