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tracker1yesterday at 3:47 PM2 repliesview on HN

I know that on my hosted server, I never bothered to set it up, because I didn't know how to properly configure or sub-net it. I know it's skill issue, but really feels significantly more complicated and even harder to understand than NAT even.

Not to mention, at home, most of the ads I do see (PiHole) are IPv6 addresses.


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DrewADesignyesterday at 4:26 PM

It seems to have absolutely terrible ergonomics as a technology, in nearly every conceivable way.

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unethical_banyesterday at 5:12 PM

No network is "smaller" than /64. All end-networks are /64.

Split subnets at four bit chunks.

Allocated networks, like to a home or small office, should be /56 or /60.

Then you have to think about link-local addresses and privacy addresses, and how to hand out IPv6 and configure DNS: SLAAC vs. DHCPv6 or some combination.

I have a rough draft of a beginner document but it's not ready. :)

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