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</itemizedlist>
<para>For more information see:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><link
<para>For more information, refer to <link
xlink:href="http://www.kame.net">KAME.net</link></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Currently <acronym>IPv6</acronym> support for many
applications and services is very good, though for some
software it still needs work. For authoritative information
about the support of <acronym>IPv6</acronym>, please consult
the Official Documentation for the software in
question.</para>
<para>Web, <acronym>DNS</acronym> and Mail applications and
servers have the best support for <acronym>IPv6</acronym>
because they are the most common use case. Other applications
may have varying degrees of <acronym>IPv6</acronym>
support.</para>
<sect2>
<title>Background on <acronym>IPv6</acronym> Addresses</title>
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</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Reading <acronym>IPv6</acronym> Addresses</title>
<para>The canonical form is represented as:
<para>When reading an <acronym>IPv6</acronym> address, the canonical form is represented as:
<systemitem>x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x</systemitem>, with each
<quote>x</quote> being a 16 bit hex value. For example:
<systemitem>FEBC:A574:382B:23C1:AA49:4592:4EFE:9982</systemitem>.</para>
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</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Getting Connected</title>
<title>Configuring <acronym>IPv6</acronym></title>
<para>Currently, there are four ways to connect to other
<acronym>IPv6</acronym> hosts and networks:</para>
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dial-up connection.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Applying the Needed Changes to
<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename></title>
<sect3>
<title><acronym>IPv6</acronym> Client
Auto-Configuration</title>
<para>To automatically configure a machine on a
<acronym>LAN</acronym> which acts as a client, not a
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add:</para>
<programlisting>ipv6_enable="YES"</programlisting>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title><acronym>IPv6</acronym> Client Static
Configuration</title>
<para>To statically assign the <acronym>IPv6</acronym>
address,
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following to <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para>
<programlisting>ipv6_defaultrouter="2001:db8:4672:6565::1"</programlisting>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect3>
<title><acronym>IPv6</acronym> Router/Gateway Settings</title>
<sect2>
<title>Connecting to a Provider</title>
<para>This section demonstrates how to take the directions
from a tunnel provider and convert it into settings that
will persist through reboots. To restore the tunnel on
will persist through reboots.</para>
<para>To restore the tunnel on
startup, add the following lines to
<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>.</para>
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<acronym>IPv6</acronym> tunnel:</para>
<programlisting>ipv6_defaultrouter="<replaceable>MY_IPv6_REMOTE_TUNNEL_ENDPOINT_ADDR</replaceable>"</programlisting>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title><acronym>IPv6</acronym> Tunnel Settings</title>
<para>If the server is to route <acronym>IPv6</acronym>
between the rest of the network and the world, the following
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needed:</para>
<programlisting>ipv6_gateway_enable="YES"</programlisting>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2>
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section 3.6 and 3.7 as well as <acronym>RFC</acronym> 4038
section 4.2 may be useful to some adminstrators.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Application Use of <acronym>IPv6</acronym></title>
<para>Currently <acronym>IPv6</acronym> support for many
applications and services is very good, though for some
software it still needs work. For authoritative information
about the support of <acronym>IPv6</acronym>, please consult
the Official Documentation for the software in
question.</para>
<para>Web, <acronym>DNS</acronym> and Mail applications and
servers have the best support for <acronym>IPv6</acronym>
because they are the most common use case. Other applications
may have varying degrees of <acronym>IPv6</acronym>
support.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
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