Adding an IPv6 tunnel to Kubuntu BIONIC
Around the first of May I detailed my experience installing IPv6 on NEON:
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...e-IPv6-on-Neon
I've switched to BIONIC until NEON 18.04 comes out.
In that msg about IPv6 on NEON I detailed how to set up an IPv6 tunnel at Tunnelbroker.net. It is really easy to do.
However, after I installed Kubuntu 18.04 BIONIC as my primary system I noticed that the usual method prescribed by TunnelBrokers to start up the tunnel during boot was not working. Specifically the instructions were to add the following code to /etc/network/interfaces:
That worked perfectly on Neon but does not work on BIONIC. The solution was the following:
create a file called /etc/network/if-up.d/ipv6
and mark ipv6 executable
The IPv6 routing will be set up on the next boot. You can tell if things are running right by checking http://ipv6-test.com/ If you get 20/20 things are perfect. It will show that IPv6 is your default protocol and if the site you are surfing to isn't IPv6 then your browser will fall back to IPv4 within a second.
If you don't create the ipv6 file you can do so manually. Just open a Konsole and sudo -i to root. Copy and paste the last 5 lines onto the console command prompt. Done. IF you had your browser open then IPv4 will be the default protocol. IF you browser was closed when you pasted those 5 lines then IPv6 will be the default protocol when you open your browser.
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...e-IPv6-on-Neon
I've switched to BIONIC until NEON 18.04 comes out.
In that msg about IPv6 on NEON I detailed how to set up an IPv6 tunnel at Tunnelbroker.net. It is really easy to do.
However, after I installed Kubuntu 18.04 BIONIC as my primary system I noticed that the usual method prescribed by TunnelBrokers to start up the tunnel during boot was not working. Specifically the instructions were to add the following code to /etc/network/interfaces:
Code:
auto he-ipv6
iface he-ipv6 inet6 v4tunnel
address 2001:B:C:D::2 my IPv6 IP address assigned by tunnelbroker.net
netmask 64
endpoint 184.105.253.10 Tunnelbroker's IPv4 server address
# local W.X.Y.Z my static IP address- not used
local 192.168.11.100 my LAN IP address assigned as a static using MAC address
ttl 255
gateway 2001:B:C:D::1 IPv6 gw
dns-nameservers 2606:4700:4700::1111
dns-nameservers 2606:4700:4700::1001
create a file called /etc/network/if-up.d/ipv6
Code:
#!/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin ifconfig sit0 up ifconfig sit0 inet6 tunnel ::184.105.253.10 ifconfig sit1 up ifconfig sit1 inet6 add 2001:B:C:D::2 route -A inet6 add ::/0 dev sit1
The IPv6 routing will be set up on the next boot. You can tell if things are running right by checking http://ipv6-test.com/ If you get 20/20 things are perfect. It will show that IPv6 is your default protocol and if the site you are surfing to isn't IPv6 then your browser will fall back to IPv4 within a second.
If you don't create the ipv6 file you can do so manually. Just open a Konsole and sudo -i to root. Copy and paste the last 5 lines onto the console command prompt. Done. IF you had your browser open then IPv4 will be the default protocol. IF you browser was closed when you pasted those 5 lines then IPv6 will be the default protocol when you open your browser.