On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 06:01:34PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > I see. Can you do some testing from other contintents via IPv6 to check if > mentioning the US is worthwhile? :) I think in the case of my server, it will be somewhat meaningful, since we peer with major North American IPv6 providers and don't have funky tunnels to distant (network-wise) providers. Sadly, I don't have shell access to any non-US machines to check on connectivity, but there are a number of web-based traceroute servers available. See, for example, http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Protocols/IP/IPng/IPv6_Traceroute_Servers/ Here's a traceroute from ipng.nl: Tracerouting to 3FFE:1CE1:2:180A:202:E3FF:FE00:4C75... traceroute to 3FFE:1CE1:2:180A:202:E3FF:FE00:4C75 (3ffe:1ce1:2:180a:202:e3ff:fe00:4c75) from 2001:6e0::250:4ff:fe4a:7708, 30 hops max, 16 byte packets 1 Amsterdam.core.ipv6.intouch.net (2001:6e0::2) 0.682 ms 0.612 ms 0.522 ms 2 3ffe:80c0:200:5::1e (3ffe:80c0:200:5::1e) 103.036 ms 104.772 ms 106.741 ms 3 3ffe:80c0:200:5::7 (3ffe:80c0:200:5::7) 151.219 ms * 148.887 ms 4 sipbv6-rtr-sipb-ether.ipv6.mit.edu (3ffe:1ce1:0:b5::1) 185.84 ms 180.559 ms 182.851 ms 5 ossipee-stf0.ipv6.lcs.mit.edu (3ffe:1ce1:2::1) 186.345 ms 184.96 ms 184.276 ms 6 lampang.ipv6.lcs.mit.edu (2002:121a:12:1804:280:c8ff:feca:f19d) 184.917 ms 185.709 ms 184.879 ms 7 2002:121a:12:1a00:2d0:b7ff:feb6:c5a8 (2002:121a:12:1a00:2d0:b7ff:feb6:c5a8) 185.372 ms 187.175 ms 184.012 ms 8 debian.ipv6.lcs.mit.edu (3ffe:1ce1:2:180a:202:e3ff:fe00:4c75) 184.455 ms 190.276 ms 202.926 ms done. That looks really good. Similar traceroutes from lava.net and a site in Belgium looked about the same. They all seem to be crossing the planet only once, which is a good sign. I wish I could find a traceroute server in .jp or some other Asian country, since that's where IPv6 deployment is most widespread. I think it does make some sense to mention the US, because what's to stop somebody from setting up an IPv6 mirror in some other country? Would "USA (IPv6)" work? noah -- _______________________________________________________ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html
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