qaz@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 27 days agoWe don't talk about IPv5lemmy.worldimagemessage-square181linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageWe don't talk about IPv5lemmy.worldqaz@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square181linkfedilink
minus-squareBlaster M@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoSlill issue IPv6 is easy to do. 2000::/3 is the internet range /64 is the smallest network allocation, and you still have 64 bits left for devices. You don’t need NAT when you can just do firewalling - drop new connections and allow established, related, like any IPv4 firewall does. Use DHCPv6 ad prefix delegation to get your addresses. Hook up your printer using ipv6 link local address - that address never changes on its own.
minus-squarekieron115@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-227 days agoOn my home network I make sure that my PDs are the same as my VLAN IDs so that I can at least know where a device is based on its IP. If I was smart I would also line them up with the IPv4 subnets as well.
Slill issue
IPv6 is easy to do.
2000::/3 is the internet range
/64 is the smallest network allocation, and you still have 64 bits left for devices.
You don’t need NAT when you can just do firewalling - drop new connections and allow established, related, like any IPv4 firewall does.
Use DHCPv6 ad prefix delegation to get your addresses.
Hook up your printer using ipv6 link local address - that address never changes on its own.
On my home network I make sure that my PDs are the same as my VLAN IDs so that I can at least know where a device is based on its IP. If I was smart I would also line them up with the IPv4 subnets as well.