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What does your IPv6 setup look like? (feddit.org)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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except for nor using it at all, of course.

So I want to make my homelab IPv6 ready, because I have too much free time, i guess. There are two decisions that I'm currently unsure about:

  1. ULA or not. Do you have local only addresses or do your clients communicate using the global IPv6 address? Does not using ULAs work without a static IP from the ISP?
  2. DHCPv6 or is SLAAC enough?

For each question both options seem to be possible and I'm interested in your experience

Cheers

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[–] 6 points 4 months ago* (3 children)

Hey bot, you missed ULA, ICMP, and SLAAC

Edit; and ISP

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    Happy to take definitions and plug them into the database, if you have them to hand. If not, I'll put aside a few minutes this weekend to look them up.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    ULA = Unique Local Address, non routable address scheme in IPv6 for use in local networks

    SLAAC = Stateless Address Autoconfiguration, a process in IPv6 that allows a host to assign itself an unique IP by listening to other traffic to determine the network ID and then creating the host ID

    ICMP = Internet Control Message Protocol, these a specific messages that allow for higher coordination and control rather that data exchange, like ping or dhcp.

    ISP = Internet Service Provider, the company that provides your internet acccess like Comcast, Google Fiber, AT&T, etc.

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