On 22/06/2021 02:36, Robert McBroom via users wrote:
On 6/21/21 12:37 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 22/06/2021 00:35, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 21/06/2021 22:47, Robert McBroom via users wrote:
>>> Web interface. It shows
>>>
>>> IPv6 IP Address
>>>
>>> fe80::200:1eb5:75df:b84:98d1 , 2600:1702:4860:9dd0:21d:60ff:fe35:b813/64
>>>
>>> exports configuration is "*"
>>
>> Then the IPv6 address you want to use is 2600:1702:4860:9dd0:21d:60ff:fe35:b813
>>
>
> Oh, I forgot to mention that your IPv6 addresses appear to be Dynamically assigned
IP
> addresses. Meaning they are not "fixed" and may change. Not the best for
uses in a
> client/server environment.
>
Assignment is done by the ISP router. While not fixed they don't change much. Stable
through power failure and reboot for the most part.
There are basically 2 types of IPv6 IP Dynamic assignment techniques. State-full, and
Stateless.
Briefly, State-full is DHCPv6.
While Stateless is a bit more involved. In Stateless the device needing an IP address
receives a Router Announcement which tells it the IP address of the router and subnet
information. From there
a unique IPv6 address is determined.
Given the *huge* IPv6 address space they can both can stay the same for quite some time
but that is not guaranteed.
Not an ideal situation for client/server.
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Remind me to ignore comments which aren't germane to the thread.