[mythtv-users] MythTV and IPV6

[Simon Hobson]

Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:

> If my ISP already provides IPv6

If it does, then great - so few do yet. Your original message didn't give any clue that yours does.

> why would I want to complicate matters by going to some access point in the US?

They have quite a few in the EU and UK as well.

> Almost every single HOWTO out there says, "first, get an address from Hurricane Electric."

That's probably because, when they were written, it was the best/easiest route to getting online for the majority without ISP provided IPv6. AFAIK, those providing IPv6 in the UK are still in the minority.

> I don't need to do that, I need to know how to configure my LAN.

Do you have any more specific questions ?

I've got my servers on static assignments, and found the /proc/ file to disable autoconf so they don't also assign themselves another address. Getting DHCP working is a bit more work, and in any case you'll need to run a router advertisement (RA) daemon on the gateway (I use radvd on mine). DHCPv6 doesn't give out routes, and clients won't use it unless at least one RA has the managed flag set - otherwise the clients will just auto-config address(es) using the info in RAs.

One important thing to get your head round is that in IPv6 the normal condition is to have multiple addresses (typically one link-local and at least one public per interface) - having only one is the exception.
Also, don't be tempted to drop all ICMP at the firewall - certain messages are REQUIRED in IPv6 which relies on active feedback (eg MTU exceeded) to learn about the traffic route to the other end of a connection.