IPv6 for Linux

Documentation

See http://www.bieringer.de/linux/IPv6/IPv6-HOWTO/IPv6-HOWTO.html for information about installing and using IPv6 on Linux Systems

If you are using an Linux system with libc5 see ftp://ftp.bieringer.de/pub/linux/OldDocuments/

A general description can be found on SUN's IP Next Generation (IPng) document

What's IPng/IPv6 ?

IPv6 (Internet Protokoll version 6) is the successor of today's IPv4. It is described in the RFC's.

• RFC 1881: IPv6 Address Allocation Management
• RFC 1883: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification (Obsoleted by RFC 2460)
• RFC 1884: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
• RFC 1885: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) (Obsoleted by RFC 2463)
• RFC 1886: DNS Extensions to support IP version 6
• RFC 1887: An Architecture for IPv6 Unicast Address Allocation
• RFC 1888: OSI NSAPs and IPv6
• RFC 1897: IPv6 Testing Address Allocation (Obsoleted by RFC 2471)
• RFC 1924: A Compact Representation of IPv6 Addresses
• RFC 1933: Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers
• RFC 1970: Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (Obsoleted by RFC 2461)
• RFC 1971: IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (Obsoleted by RFC 2462)
• RFC 1972: A Method for the Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks (Obsoleted by RFC 2464)
• RFC 1981: Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6
• RFC 2019: A Method for the Transmission of IPv6 Packets over FDDI Networks (Obsoleted by RFC 2467)
• RFC 2023: IP Version 6 over PPP (Obsoleted by RFC 2472)
• RFC 2073: An IPv6 Provider-Based Unicast Address Format
• RFC 2080: RIPng for IPv6
• RFC 2133: Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6
• RFC 2147: TCP and UDP over IPv6 Jumbograms
• RFC 2185: Routing Aspects Of IPv6 Transition
• RFC 2292: Advanced Sockets API for IPv6
• RFC 2373: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
• RFC 2374: An IPv6 Aggregatable Global Unicast Address Format
• RFC 2375: IPv6 Multicast Address Assignments
• RFC 2428: FTP Extensions for IPv6 and NATs
• RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
• RFC 2461: Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)
• RFC 2462: IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
• RFC 2463: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
• RFC 2464: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks
• RFC 2467: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over FDDI Networks
• RFC 2470: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Token Ring Networks
• RFC 2471: IPv6 Testing Address Allocation
• RFC 2472: IP Version 6 over PPP
• RFC 2473: Generic Packet Tunneling in IPv6 Specification
• RFC 2491: IPv6 over Non-Broadcast Multiple Access (NBMA) networks
• RFC 2492: IPv6 over ATM Networks
• RFC 2497: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over ARCnet Networks

Getting the Sources

Since Kernel 2.1.x (x = latest) IPv6 - Support is included. Enable it by setting CONFIG_IPV6=[y|m]. However you'll need a few basic applications to make use of it. See http://www.bieringer.de/linux/IPv6/IPv6-HOWTO/IPv6-HOWTO-1.html for a list of the latest software and where to find it.

And since you're already downloading...: You should use the latest kernel, if possible.

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Last change: 21. July 1999
Michael Baumer (baumi@vis.ethz.ch)