Hi,
On 05.01.2012 13:11, Philip Homburg wrote:
> On 1/5/12 9:26 , Iñigo Ortiz de Urbina wrote:
>> This is good to hear. I was meaning that according to the FAQ,
>> there seems to be something around IPv6 (not affecting ping6 or
>> traceroute6). See: " Q: I have an IPv6-only network. Will the probe
>> work on it? A: Although the probe itself is IPv6-ready in general,
>> some of the off-the-shelf software components on it are not (yet).
>> We hope that this will be resolved soon, but until then the probe
>> needs IPv4 to communicate with our infrastructure. The measurements
>> themselves can run on IPv6. "
> The main limiting factor is DNS. For static configurations it should
> work.
>
> For normal (dynamic) configuration, the problem is that we have no
> support for either DHCPv6 or the DNS resolver option in RA. So
> without IPv4, the probe will not have a DNS resolver.

maybe while waiting for an implementation of dhcpv6 or dns option in RA for the nodes you could simple use fec0:0:0:ffff::1 as fallback. Well, it's deprecated but used in a well known OS..

Just an idea, no need for me - I've got ipv4+ipv6 for my node ;)

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