Monthly Archives: October 2011

IPv6 – The Basics

Posted by on October 21, 2011 No comments

Since about three weeks I’m using IPv6 on my client. Since then I’ve learned some basics, which I would like to share.

Some facts:

  • 128-Bit long
  • Written with hexadecimal characters
  • Written in 16-Bit blocks (8 blocks, maximal 4 hexadecimal characters each)
  • Blocks separated using colons (:)
  • Double colon (::) means omitted blocks (replaced with 0)
  • Networks are using CIDR-Notiation for the network mask (e.g. /48)
As loopback address there is one address reserved, the very first (means all bits 0 except the last one):
::1

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IPv6 with OpenWRT and SixXS (Part 2)

Posted by on October 12, 2011 No comments
SixXS Logo

SixXS Logo

A week later and my account had enough credits to request the subnet. I got a /48 network, or in otherwords, I have a network with 80 bits which I can use! This are more address then the whole IPv4 address space has! 😎

When you have the approval for the subnet SixXS did allready a lot of work for you: They sent you the actual address, and they make sure that this subnet is routed to your router address. So you only need to assign the addresses to your devices. Read more »