Carlos E. R. wrote:
A valid IPv6 address is something like this: ::ffff:172.16.1.10. You just add the ::ffff: to the IPv4 address. However, your operating system recognizes it for what it is and contacts it as IPv4. You only have to specify the port when using the link local address. If you had a subnet, even one not connected to the internet, your computer could figure out which interface to use. Just like in IPv4, there are address blocks for that purpose. IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses
So ::ffff: is out (it does not use IPv6 to connect).
I guess there must be some other block reserved for local use without problems :-?
That worked with openSUSE when I tried it, but it doesn't seem to work now. It does work with Windows 7. Here is the Wikipedia link that describes IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6#IPv4-mapped_IPv6_addresses
I do not need IPv6, I'm just curious and testing my new router and the local network.
As I mentioned earlier, you can use unique local addressess in the fc00 range. For example, you could use fc00::1 with a /64 subnet mask. Just use different addresses, fc00::2 etc., for other computers. Using this, you will have enough addresses for 2^64 computers, which should be enough. ;-) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org