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throw0101c ◴[] No.44412375[source]
If anyone wants to try / use IPv6, but their ISP does not provide it, Hurricane Electric (HE) has offered a tunnel service for many years now:

* https://tunnelbroker.net

* https://ipv6.he.net

There are scrips available to bring up a tun device on your system (or router) and route traffic over it:

* https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/IPv6_tunnel_via_Hurricane_Ele...

* https://brandonrozek.com/blog/obtaining-ipv6-address-hurrica...

* https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/IPv6_setup_Hurricane_...

* https://forum.mikrotik.com/t/auto-update-script-for-hurrican...

* https://docs.rockylinux.org/guides/network/hurricane_electri...

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daneel_w ◴[] No.44412504[source]
Happy "customer" here. I've been using their free 6in4 tunnel through OpenBSD for about five years and have had no mentionable problems. I configure mine solely with OpenBSD's network interface files, e.g. /etc/hostname.gif0:

  tunnel <my current IPv4> <HE's IPv4 endpoint>
  inet6 <my desired IPv6 address> 128 alias <HE's IPv6 gateway>
  !route -n add -inet6 default <HE's IPv6 gateway>
I use the connectivity to reach a cluster of VPSes in AWS deliberately set-up without public IPv4 addressing, which would otherwise represent a large part of the monthly costs because of buttholes like Jeff Bezos actively monetizing IPv4 address space.
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cebert ◴[] No.44412736[source]
> because of buttholes like Jeff Bezos actively monetizing IPv4 address space.

IPV4 addresses are finite and rapidly being depleted. What other solution do you have to manage demand of a finite resource other than charging for it?

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daneel_w ◴[] No.44412940[source]
My stance is that common connectivity shouldn't cost an additional $3.70 a month on top of already egregious traffic costs. The price per IP today is about $30. The lifetime of the investment is infinite and upkeep is in the grand scheme of things nothing. The markup profit is insane. It's a new behavior, pure usury, seizing an opportunity to profit on a crisis. To offer some contrast (without getting into the sizes of their respective turfs) Oracle doesn't charge a dime.
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xyzzyz ◴[] No.44413013[source]
We are in crisis precisely because nobody charged for IPv4 addresses in the past, and so overwhelming majority of those are wastefully allocated. What you want would exacerbate the crisis.
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daneel_w ◴[] No.44413051[source]
We're in this crisis because we failed to anticipate the explosive growth of the Internet. It took a bit into the 2000s until we stopped doling out generously oversized networks to everyone who asked. Vetting the need would've been the right requirement. Shutting the door for organizations with not enough money would've hampered progress.
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1. homebrewer ◴[] No.44415040[source]
Don't worry, we've learned nothing and will repeat the same mistake with IPv6:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42671847

https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/06/apnic_huawei_ipv6/