[kwlug-disc] Teksavvy service - two public ips, plus ipv6

[CrankyOldBugger]

One of the guys at work also got a surprise modem from TekSavvy in the mail
today, a HiTron CODA-4582.

I'm with vMedia, but so far no news from them.


On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 at 21:28, Chris Irwin via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 10:14:02PM GMT, Mikalai Birukou wrote:
> >
> >Meanwhile, printout is as follows, I hope that x goes where in byte
> should. What is link/global in things below?
>
> >inet6 fe80::6120:xx:xx:xx  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
> >
> >inet6 2607:f2c0:f200:b07:xx:xx:xx:xx  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x0<global>
>
> Unlike IPv4, IPv6 is designed to have multiple addresses.
>
> <link> is a link-local IPv6 address. Think of this like 169.254.0.0/16,
> the "things arn't working" link-only IPv4 addresses you get when DHCP
> isn't working, or your router is offline. Except it's actually usable to
> talk to local network devices, like routers, NAS, etc.
>
> <global> is your actual routable IPv6 address. This is the address used
> when talking to devices on other networks, and is actually routable back
> to you.
>
>
> --
> Chris Irwin
>
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