Hello Gerrit,
On Tuesday January 03 2023 21:19, you wrote to me:
MvdV>> Running an IPv6 only node is doable. Read my Fidonews articles
MvdV>> about my DS-Lite emulation experiments.
GK> Thanks for the pointers. I might consider this once I see a date when
GK> this all is going to happen. However, I have more issues to solve
GK> (apart from FTN stuff). These will probably require some kind of IPv4
GK> address, anyway.
We will have to learn to live with it. We can't do completely without IPv4 yet,
but it is unavoidable that at some point in time those needing a public IPv4
adress will have to jump through some loops and/or make extra cost. There just
isn't enough fo everyone.
MvdV>> Here is where feste-ip.net may come to the rescue.
GK> Yes, that's one option. I havn't looked into it long enough to
GK> understand if this would solve all my issues (and at which cost).
Mapping just one port is EUR 5 / year. But they offer more than just that at
additional cost.
GK> I might be more effective to rent some vserver including an IPv4
GK> address and set up the required NAT and mapping there.
There is more than one road that leads to Rome. Be aware that ever more VPS host
start charging extra for IPv4.
GK> Among other things, I'd also like to keep accessability of my home
GK> network from my workplace (which is, up no now and for all foreseeable
GK> future, an v4-only outfit).
Time to start exerting some pressure on your boss to implement IPv6 on his side.
;-)
MvdV>> As of today there are just five systems in the Fidonet nodelist
MvdV>> that fly the INO4 flag. That number may or may not grow
MvdV>> substantially in the near future.
GK> Nobody knows. Thanks to this DSlite "solution", there may be more
GK> people facing these issues around here rather sooner than later.
We are all to blame for that. The transition from IPv4 to IPv6 should have been
completed /before/ the well of IPv4 addresses ran dry. There is no easy solution
for the mess that we are in now. We will just have to make the best of it.
Cheers, Michiel
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