IPv6 Tunnel Brokers? 18
thedillybar asks: "I have noticed the appearance of many IPv6 Tunnel Brokers which allow anyone to sign-up and tunnel IPv6 over their current IPv4 connection.
Hurricane Electric and BT Exact both offer tunnels here and here, respectively. For those of you using a tunnel like this, what do you think of their reliability and use as a development tool?"
Isnt that the "idea" of the internet? (Score:2)
Course in those days, the network map was on a peice of paper taped to the side of the server. Now, the damned thing stagnates until "Commercial Support" catches on. And that's a catch22.
It's still DAMNED neat to have a service like this early on in IPv4Bone. I'd be willing to pay for a tunnel like this.
freenet6 (Score:5, Informative)
I've been using freenet6 [freenet6.net] for a bout a year now. I've never had any problems with it, and I get a /48 for free, so I've been able to experiment with IPv6 on various machines on my network (FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris, AIX, and XP).
I haven't written any IPv6 apps yet -- still need to read/buy a good programming guide.
Re:freenet6 (Score:1)
Re:freenet6 (Score:4, Informative)
As far as IPv6 programming goes, there's really nothing to it, most of the trick is getaddrinfo. The excellent KAME summary [kame.net] should get you started.
Re:freenet6 (Score:1)
For those that are looking for their first (or a new) tunnel broker, I'd advise looking elsewhere.
In the nick of time (Score:1)
BT Exact does not like Konqueror (Score:2, Interesting)
I cannot stand stupid companies that are to lazy to make a standards compliant website.
Re:BT Exact does not like Konqueror (Score:2)
Actually, you don't know whether or not it's standards-compliant until you try spoofing the user agent, and see whether or not it works after that. But yeah, I agree, people who try to tell me what browser to use don't usually get my business.
Re:BT Exact does not like Konqueror (Score:2)
Anyway, it's not just a matter of making your site standards compliant. No browser supports everything in HTML 4.0 or CSS1 (never mind CSS2 or CSS3). So even if you code to a standard, you still have to test your code on the browsers you think users are likely to use. Small wonder that most web developers just skip the second step and code to the browser, not the st
Re:BT Exact does not like Konqueror (Score:1)
SixXS (Score:2, Informative)
And remember, if you can't find a nearby tunnel broker you can always try the 6to4 anycast address for
HE.net (Score:2, Interesting)
6to4 (Score:3, Informative)
Never mind that... (Score:4, Interesting)
Mixed bag (Score:2)
If this becomes widespread, we may take even longer to make the transition to IPv6.
But, on the other hand, we have to do something to get the ball rolling.
ipv6 tunnel brokers (Score:1)
not much for the average user (Score:2)
UK ISP (Score:2)