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IPv6 – too many addresses?

Posted on July 5, 2014March 4, 2015By Karl Auer

Talking with people about IPv6, I regularly hear the complaint that IPv6 subnets have “too many addresses”. That it is … Read MoreIPv6 – too many addresses?

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Why “why” matters

Posted on June 20, 2014June 20, 2014By Karl Auer

A participant on the NANOG mailing list recently made the comment that “with a small amount of conceptual knowledge, the … Read MoreWhy “why” matters

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Subnet Router Anycast Addresses – what are they, how do they work?

Posted on March 30, 2014December 3, 2015By Karl Auer

Discussions on several mailing lists have shown that there is still a lot of misunderstanding”out there” about what subnet router … Read MoreSubnet Router Anycast Addresses – what are they, how do they work?

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Mikrotik DNS case-INsensitivity issue

Posted on December 30, 2013December 30, 2013By Karl Auer

Got an email a while ago from a chap who was having some difficulty with a Pioneer device; specifically a … Read MoreMikrotik DNS case-INsensitivity issue

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/64 subnets – a waste of IPv6 address space?

Posted on November 2, 2013November 3, 2013By Karl Auer

The discussion pops up again and again – someone says “but /64 subnets are such a waste! Surely we only … Read More/64 subnets – a waste of IPv6 address space?

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MikroTik and NetInstall

Posted on July 5, 2013July 5, 2013By Karl Auer

Today I bricked a MikroTik router. I have no idea what went wrong, but after upgrading an RB951G to 5.25, … Read MoreMikroTik and NetInstall

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DHCPv6 – is REBIND pointless?

Posted on June 28, 2013June 28, 2013By Karl Auer

As part of improving our course materials, I was refreshing my understanding of DHCPv6 a couple of days ago, and … Read MoreDHCPv6 – is REBIND pointless?

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MikroTik, IPv6, GRE6 and OSPFv3

Posted on May 27, 2013May 27, 2013By Karl Auer

This is not a very interesting post, but perhaps it will show up in a search and save some poor … Read MoreMikroTik, IPv6, GRE6 and OSPFv3

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They keep amazing me… ssh tunnelling to a MikroTik

Posted on May 18, 2013May 18, 2013By Karl Auer

It amazes me when a $50 device supports ssh tunelling! I wanted to run the web interface on a MikroTik … Read MoreThey keep amazing me… ssh tunnelling to a MikroTik

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A MikroTik router and Internode’s IPv6

Posted on May 13, 2013June 21, 2013By Into6

Here is how I got my MikroTik RB951-2n working with Internode’s native IPv6 service over ADSL. I did not nut … Read MoreA MikroTik router and Internode’s IPv6