Gandi Bar - Your server on IPv6? - Comments

Your server on IPv6? - Leland (Gandi)

Leland (Gandi) — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:36:20 -0400

All,

We are now at the point of launching IPv6 across the entire hosting platform in Paris. (Our Baltimore datacenter is already IPv6 enabled). Upon activation, all servers which are ipv6 capable (ipv6 kernel module installed) will automatically be enabled.

For those who participated in the Beta test, the beta addressing will remain deployed until the end of January 2011 in parallel to the real/final addressing plan to facilitate any transitions you may need to do. At the end of January, the beta network prefixes will no longer be usable.

Customers using ip6tables should ensure that their filters are updated to reflect the new IPv6 addressing.

Your server on IPv6? - ao2

ao2 — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:05:39 +0100

@Leland: this is a very good news.
I think I'll wait for 2.6.30, thanks.

All the best,
Antonio

Your server on IPv6? - Leland

Leland — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:09:02 +0100

@ao2 : we have a 2.6.27 kernel available now available upon request to ipv6beta AT gandi DOT net. We haven't put it in the list of available kernels as we will have a 2.6.30 kernel available in the next couple of weeks. I have 2.6.27 running on my own VM and NF_CONNTRACK works fine. Let us know if you want to test the kernel version, or if you prefer to wait for the updated release kernel to be provided shortly.

Leland

Your server on IPv6? - ao2

ao2 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:31:51 +0100

@Leland: Any news about NF_CONNTRACK support?

Thanks,
Antonio

Your server on IPv6? - Arjan

Arjan — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:15:35 +0100

Personally, I would be for routing just one IPv6 address (more on demand) to a server, the fact that we have an immense amount of available space does not warrant getting sloppy with it. After all, there's plenty of IPv4 space that is unused, but assigned to big companies, who - in the early days - requested and got /8 blocks assigned to them. (which they hardly use)

Your server on IPv6? - Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:22:24 +0100

How many addresses do you plan to offer to each server? Hopefully you plan to route a set of addresses to each server, rather than just one; we certainly have more than enough IPv6 addresses to go around.

Your server on IPv6? - Leland

Leland — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:20:53 +0100

Note: Some users may be missing the IPv6 modules for the kernel. This can be fixed by obtaining and installing the new modules following the procedure at http://wiki.gandi.net/en/hosting/tr... ...
You may need to do a 'modprobe ipv6' afterwards.

This only really applies to customers who have had their servers for several months and have not yet obtained the new kernel modules.