Re: one of your diary entries -- IPv6 on wireless?

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OK.  Thanks for all the info!

 > From: Mike Hicks <http://www.tc.umn.edu/~hick0088>
 > Date: 08 May 2002 15:54:20 -0500
 >
 > On Wed, 2002-05-08 at 09:22, robert wrote:
 > > Hi.  I saw one of your diary entries said that you were trying to get IPv=
 > 6
 > > working on a Linksys WAP11.  Does the Linksys access point really support
 > > IPv6?  I'm trying to find out more info about implementing IPv6.
 > 
 > My problem was that I turned on a filter that comes with the WAP11 which
 > filters out any non-IP traffic (IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, etc).  I presume it
 > doesn't know how to distinguish IPv6 traffic either, but you can get
 > around that by turning off the filter.  The WAP11 would go back to being
 > an ordinary Ethernet bridge, and should pass all traffic (including
 > IPv6).
 > 
 > I still don't know a whole lot about IPv6 myself, but an IPv6-capable
 > host should auto-configure itself when IPv6 is enabled.  It'll at least
 > see the local network, and will be able to see outside the local network
 > if you have an IPv6 router set up.
 > 
 > You might want to take a look at http://www.freenet6.net/, which has a
 > client program that allows you to set up an IPv6 tunnel to experiment
 > with.
 > 
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