v6 Vertex – A Brief Explanation of IPv6 Address Types ITdojo’s v6 Vertex is an ever-expanding set of quick tips and useful advice for using IPv6 in your network. People who have been using IPv4 for some time know that there are three basic address types that are commonly discussed: unicast, broadcast and multicast. When…
Detailsv6 Vertex – Quick Tips & Pointers for IPv6 Users ITdojo’s v6 Vertex is an ever-expanding set of quick tips and useful advice for using IPv6 in your network. As you begin to make use of IPv6 you will often wonder whether or not you are actually using the protocol and whether or not your…
Detailsv6 Vertex – Quick Tips & Pointers for IPv6 Users ITdojo’s v6 Vertex is an ever-expanding set of quick tips and useful advice for using IPv6 in your network. SSH use is daily and ubiquitous. In our increasingly mixed IPv4/IPv6 world we need to be conscious of the ways in which we are connecting (or…
Detailsv6 Vertex – Quick Tips & Pointers for IPv6 Users ITdojo’s v6 Vertex is an ever-expanding set of quick tips and useful advice for using IPv6 in your network. For Apple OSX Users: If you need to view the IPv6 neighbor information on your OS X powered device all you need to do is open…
DetailsAs many of you know, if you received your Security+ certification after 2011, you are not eligible for lifetime Security+ status. Before that you were grandfathered in, but if your is after 2011 you are out of luck. No every 3 years you must renew your certification by either retaking the exam, or by completing…
DetailsWe spotted this interesting IPv6 article this morning written by Angus Kidman at Lifehacker and wanted to share it with you. Here’s an excerpt: “We’ve known for decades that the available pool of IPv4 address was eventually going to dry up, but despite numerous warnings usage of its successor IPv6 is still minimal. Why haven’t…
DetailsMost will agree that there is no substitute for instructor-led classroom training. The interaction and dialogue between teacher and student is tough to beat. But tight budgets and even tighter business needs can make it difficult to break away from the office to attend training. You need to be better at your job but you’re…
DetailsPath MTU discovery (PMTUD) is far from a new concept to IT folk. A sending node sets the Don’t Fragment bit in its IPv4 header which is the nodes way of telling any router along the journey to the packet’s destination that it may not fragment the packet into smaller parts. The router, being an…
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I’m setting IPv6 aside for a moment to comment on Ubuntu 12.10. Thanks. Ubuntu 12.10, which is scheduled to be released later this month, is adding a feature that seems to have some fellow ‘nixers up in arms. The Dash search bar which allows you to find pretty much anything on your computer is adding…
DetailsBecause every interface on your system, physical or virtual, has a link local IPv6 address your system needs a little guidance as to which one to use when sending packets to link-local IPv6 addresses. From an IPv4 perspective this type of addressing is an alien concept. But to IPv6, it’s everyday life.