n2ize
10-18-2011, 10:16 AM
I am interested in experimenting with IPv6 since it is going to be the way of the future. I want to be ready when my local ISP implements it for residential customers. I have begun testing it on my local machine and I am going to try to get it up and running on my internal network... mostly Linux machines which are ipV6 ready. I guess what I need to do is set up the routing tables so the network knows where to send the packets.
The question i have is that I have heard that ipV6 will do away with the need for NAT (Masquerading). I presume that the way this will work is that the ISP will assign each customer with a block of ipV6 addresses as opposed to a single ip addy as is done today. So if they assign a block of ipV6 addresses I can allocate one to each device on my local network and thus each device will have it's own unique address that can be reached from anywhere in the world. This should uncomplicate things. So for example if I want to reach this specific computer I can address it directly without the need for complex forwarding tables ?
Is this basically how it will work ? I can't see how else it would without NAT or a proxy server
The question i have is that I have heard that ipV6 will do away with the need for NAT (Masquerading). I presume that the way this will work is that the ISP will assign each customer with a block of ipV6 addresses as opposed to a single ip addy as is done today. So if they assign a block of ipV6 addresses I can allocate one to each device on my local network and thus each device will have it's own unique address that can be reached from anywhere in the world. This should uncomplicate things. So for example if I want to reach this specific computer I can address it directly without the need for complex forwarding tables ?
Is this basically how it will work ? I can't see how else it would without NAT or a proxy server