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HPR4453: IPv6 for Luddites

Hosted by beni on 2025-08-27 01:00:00
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IPv6 for Luddites


Andrew (aka mcnalu) recently triggered Beni by saying that he turns off IPv6 in order to get devices working on his home network. In this show Beni educates Andrew the Luddite and explains why moving from IPv4 to IPv6 is a good idea. They also explore how IPv6 can be used in a world where ISPs and devices do not all support it and what tools, tips and tricks are available during this rather long transitional phase to the newish (like 30 years old, a blink of an eye in IT) protocol.


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Rho`n says: Great intro to IPv6

RE: hpr4453::2025-08-27 IPv6 for Luddites by beni
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Did I want to be reminded that I am old enough to remember when IPv6 was first introduced? No, but loved the conversation, and does have me wanting to try out IPv6 on my home network. A nice test for my ASUS router running DD-WRT.

norrist says: Please post your talk

RE: hpr4453::2025-08-27 IPv6 for Luddites by beni
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I hope you get to present at the BSD conference you mentioned.
But you can always to a HPR show about using OpenBSD as a router for a IPv6 only home network

wheresalice says: IPv6 on HPR

RE: hpr4453::2025-08-27 IPv6 for Luddites by beni
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dig -t AAAA +short hackerpublicradio.org

looks like the webmasters should listen to this show

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