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Re: ssh user@ipv6 address, connect: Network is unreachable



Hi basti,

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:48:07PM +0200, basti wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a vps host which has only an ipv6 address.
> I try ssh user@<ipv6_address> (or ssh -6 user@<ipv6_address>) but get
> the following:
> 
> ssh: connect to host <ipv6_address> port 22: Network is unreachable
> 
> ping6 google.com is the same
> 
> connect: Network is unreachable
>
> [...]
>
> my ISP offers only ipv4, can this be the "error" ?

Yes. 

You need to native IPv6 from your ISP, or an IPv6 tunnel from one of
the many brokers available on the net. 

Google for "ipv6 tunnel broker" if your ISP is not providing native
access.


Regards,
-- kchr


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