Subj : The new way to showoff in Fidonet ;)
To   : Kees van Eeten
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Wed Jun 07 2017 00:43:52

Hello Kees,

On Tuesday June 06 2017 22:30, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> To adjust the prefix, one has to know what the new prefix is...
 MvdV>> If I maually configure a static address in WIn XP, all the
 MvdV>> other public IPv6 adresses disappear. When the prefix chages,
 MvdV>> that system will not be able to communcate with the outside
 MvdV>> world via IPv6. To get to know the new prefix, the system
 MvdV>> running the script will have to interrogate the router. The
 MvdV>> router does not have a proper interface for that.

 KE>  Time to change to an OS where networking was not added as an
 KE> aftertought.

That I have not figured out how to combine a manually configured "vanity IPV6 address" with a dynamic prefix, may very well be due to my shortcomings instead of that of the OS I use. I have not seen aynone else do it with /any/ OS. TTMBOK, all using these vanity adresses have static prefixes.

Since the invention of url's, IP addresses were never meant to look "nice" anyway, So this is just a fad. If I can make it work, fine. But I am not going to change OS just for that.

 KE>>> It only requires smarter scripts to set the static address and
 KE>>> update the DDNS. You can make a habit of separating prefix and
 KE>>> local part. In that case you can ignore the prefix in your
 KE>>> config files.

 MvdV>> Hmmm.. I haven't even figured out how to automatically update
 MvdV>> the DNS without the complication of not having the new prefix
 MvdV>> available at the system running the script. I think I will
 MvdV>> cross that bridge first...

 KE>  Cannot you autoconfigure first and then add the static address?

Maybe. I may find a way after all.

 KE>  Oh, no, you lose all the others. ;(

There may be a way around that which I have not found yet.


Cheers, Michiel

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