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We testing with a machine on our office network (and also on ADSL lines) how our services would work just using just native IPv6.
In 2011 we tested a computer on our office network (and also on ADSL lines) to see how our services would work just using just native IPv6.
We used an apple laptop, and disabled IPv4 and enabled IPv6. -we suspect similar results on an ADSL line - we'll test this later on.
We used an Apple laptop, disabled IPv4 and enabled IPv6. We suspect similar results on an ADSL line - we'll test this later on.
We want to ensure that all our services work over IPv6. This page has our progress and notes.
We want to ensure that all our services work over IPv6. This page has our progress and notes. (it all worked!)


Here are some of the results:
Here are some of the results:




==Working:==
==Working==
*'''IPv6 Access to Services provided by AAISP'''
*Web page browsing to aa.net.uk (firefox)
**Web page browsing to aa.net.uk (Firefox)
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*AAISP Webmail
*AAISP sending email (smtp.aaisp.net.uk, with Thunderbird)
**AAISP email services:
***Incoming SMTP
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*AAISP receiving email (imap on Apple Mail App)
***Customer outbound email (smtp.aa.net.uk, with Thunderbird)
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*AAISP WIKI
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***POP3/IMAP servers (customers receiving email) (imap on Apple Mail App)
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*Clueless Control Pages
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***AAISP Webmail
*VoIP Servers (IPv6 supported on the V platform)
*AAISP Billing System pages
**AAISP Web servers:
***Customer web server (www-server.co.uk)
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*AAISP Ticketing System (email based)
***AAISP Billing System pages
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*Pinging www.google.com (ping6)
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***AAISP WIKI
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*Web page browsing to thinkbroadband.com (not forums though, as they are not yet IPv6 enabled (March 2011))
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***Clueless Control Pages
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*Web page browsing to google.co.uk (firefox)
***http://www.loopsofzen.co.uk (an IPv6 only web site)
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*Web page browsing to revk.www.me.uk
*Status page (status.aa.net.uk) - it's on a different network in Amsterdam and has IPv6
***Status page (status.aa.net.uk) - it's on a different network in Amsterdam and has IPv6
**NTP - time.aa.net.uk
**Customer IRC Server (hosted by a third party)
**DNS Servers:
***Customer resolvers
***Authoritative nameservers (primary-dns.co.uk / secondary-dns.co.uk
**VoIP
***The VoIP platform support IPv6
***Some phones support IPv6 too
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**AAISP Ticketing System (email based)
**FireBrick
***FireBrick models all support IPv6 by default


*'''IPv6 access to other resources on the Internet'''
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**Pinging www.google.com (ping6)
**Web sites
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***Web page browsing to thinkbroadband.com (not forums though, as they are not yet IPv6 enabled (March 2011))
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***Web page browsing to google.co.uk
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***Web page browsing to revk.www.me.uk
**Gmail (using Thunderbird)
There will be lots of other places...


=2014-06-06=
==Not Working (yet):==
On 6 June 2014 there was a campaign to turn off IPv4 for the day! see:
*AAISP receiving email (imap on Thunderbird when tested in 2012) - gave refused, need more logging on the mail server (Mail App worked)
[https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/IT_professionals_worldwide_Turn_off_the_Legacy_IP_Protocol_IPv4_for_the_day_of_06th_June_2014 secure.avaaz.org]


==How to do IPv6 Only==
Some notes:
*Sometimes it's easier just to turn IPv4 off on the computer
*You will lose access to some sites if they don't have IPv6


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==Still to Test==
*AAISP Ideas site (this is run by a third party though we have [[http://useridea.rc.idea.informer.com/proj/?ia=14141 requested it though]])
*All above on an ADSL line


[[File:IPv6Only-Apple.png|400px]]

===Tested IPv6 only configurations===
A&A BT FTTC - Openreach Modem - FireBrick 2700 - Apple Computer

===IPv6 NAT64 gateway ===
AAISP provide an IPv6 to IPv4 gateway, which allows one to connect to the IPv4 world from an IPv6-only machine.
To use this, simply change the DNS server addresses to 2001:8b0:6464::1 and 2001:8b0:6464::2

Note that the IPv6 router advertisements from your router may still broadcast the normal DNS server addresses.

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===How to test===
We have 2 IP test web pages:
*https://ip4.help.me.uk
*https://ip6.help.me.uk

Each will return your corresponding IP address.

If you get bored looking for IPv6 websites, there is always https://loopsofzen.co.uk to keep you occupied.


[[Category:IPv6]]
[[Category:IPv6]]
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