Subj : IPv6
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Bj”rn Felten
Date : Fri Nov 29 2013 22:29:29

 MvdV> Why do you use XP as a router?

   1. It's the most stable OS that I have ever tried.

   2. It has the most simple and flexible administration of the firewall that I know of.

   3. It has all the remains of all my old computers, including all the fidonet stuff, with loads of MS-DOS programs developed and tweaked for more than 20 years. Converting it to something else would take far more time and effort than I am willing to spend on our museum piece.

   4. My ISP would give me a new IP if ever I change the MAC address (from my XP router/server), and I don't want to go down that route again unless necessary.

 MvdV> What type of tunnel do you have? AYIYA?

   No, it's a 6in4-static. And I want to keep it that way.

 MvdV> It is my understanding that routing does not work with the Windows version.

   It works for me. But (obviously) IPv6 routing doesn't work as well as IPv4 does with XP.

 MvdV> Why don't you try my way? Flashing an old Linksys with a version of
 MvdV> OpenWrt that supports IPv6. The how-to is all in the FidoNews articles
 MvdV> (3) I wrote about it.

   Been there, tried that, got a brick to prove it. :)

   Nah, just kidding. As I said, it's all about being able to administer the firewall in a user friendly way. I'm now to old to get back to the old MS-DOS variant of administering things, I want a GUI.

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