[kde-freebsd] area51 moved to to a new system (IPv6only)

[Matt Dawson]

On Friday 15 August 2008 03:20:22 David Johnson wrote:
> Is there a HOWTO for this? Are the sixx.net and freent6 sites transparent
> bridges? Or do I need to configure my box to be IPv6? Do I need a dual
> stack (whatever that is)? I'm just a client box with absolutely no desire
> to be a server. Most of the information I am finding assumes I'm already an
> expert network admin.

Yes, you will need to be running dual stack (GENERIC has IPv6 already) and 
have ipv6_enabled="YES" in rc.conf. I recommend using HE's tunnelbroker 
service http://tunnelbroker.net . Setup is simple: It gives you a script for 
FreeBSD on setup and that easily transposes into the correct entries to set up 
a gif tunnel in rc.conf for activation at boot time.

This little tutorial shows how to set up the tunnel in rc.conf, but it misses 
the important step of setting up ipv6_defaultrouter="-interface gif0"

http://www.join.uni-muenster.de/Dokumente/Howtos/Howto_IPv6-in-IPv4-
Tunnel.php?lang=en

Beware firewalls blocking IPv6-in-IPv4 packets (protocol 41).

Hope that helps. If you get stuck, I've done this more than a few times so 
feel free to ping me with any questions.
-- 
Matt Dawson

matt at chronos.org.uk
MTD15-RIPE