Re: IPv4 v IPv6
On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 10:05:11AM +0100, mick crane wrote:
Without knowing anything about it I'm wondering if I should request an
IPv6 range from my ISP to use locally.
You don't need a global IPv6 address allocation in order to have local
IPv6 addresses. Much like 127.0.0.0/8 (etc.) for IPv4 there are reserved
ranges.
If you want to have globally-accessible IPv6 addresses for machine(s)
in your home, then you would need to request a range from your ISP (if
they aren't already assigning you one). But I would start with learning
a bit more about it first, and experimenting in the local range if that
helps.
A network card have IPv4 and IPv6 addresses that are different, not
the same address in different notation ?
That's right.
Then with firewalling do you need to specify both IPv4 and IPv6 ranges ?
Yes, generally, anywhere you may have specified an IPv4 address or range
you would need to rethink or add IPv6 equivalents.
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