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[Michael Kjorling]

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On Apr 22 2002 11:08 -0700, nileshks78 wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I am very much interested into ipv6 and newbie to it,
> I am using dual-stack under linux.
>
> I have got global ipv6 address
> 3ffe:0b80:2:7db5::2/128.
> what this address mean to my network, is it network
> addr or host addr. I want to leant more about ipv6,
> can anyone tell me what should i do now. I have tried
> ping6, traceroute6.
>
> Thanks for helping
> Nilesh
> pes.edu

Welcome into the brave world of IPv6. :-)

To answer your question: the address you showed
(3ffe:b80:2:7db5::2/128 - yes you can strip any leading zeroes after a
colon, but not trailing zeroes) is a host address. In general, a
network will have either a /64 or a /48, depending on the needs of the
site. A /128 always means a host address - all 128 bits of the IPv6
address have been specified. It's like a phone number - from the area
code you can tell the general area, the prefix gets you closer, but in
order to tell which phone you are reaching, you need all of the
number. Most likely your network is 3ffe:b80:2:7db5::/64.

I tried pinging and tracerouting to you over IPn6 and it does appear
that you have general connectivity working (as one would have
expected). The next logical step is to obtain software that actually
makes use of IPv6 as a transport. One that does is sendmail - another
is Apache 2.0. I believe Konqueror and Mozilla (if compiled correctly)
makes use of IPv6 when available. Another one that does is fetchmail.
The list goes on and on.

Since we have no idea how this system is being used, it gets rather
hard to guess what software you should get...

Hope this helps a little.


Michael Kjörling

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