Re: Program to tunnel IPv6 packets over IPv4 between isolated parts of campus network

[Pascal Hambourg <pascal.mail@plouf.fr.eu.org>]

Hello,

Christian Lyra a écrit :
>>> Meanwhile in a different part of the forest, I have a small network of
>>> hosts that can handle IPv6, and would *like* to have access to the
>>> greater IPv6 world, but their connection to the part that has access to
>>> sixxs goes over links that only support IPv4.
>>>
>>> Is there a program I can use to tunnel IPv6 packets between the two
>>> islands?
> 
>> Looks like
>> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianIPv6#IPv6_Tunnel_Configuration should be
>> enough. HTH
> 
> Another option should be a GRE tunnel, wich is also easy to do and
> compatible with other network gear.

Any encapsulation mechanism which allows transport of IPv6 will do.
Plain 6to4 with ip tunnel, pppd and its variations (PPTP, L2TP,
PPPoE...), openvpn...