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Interop Liveblog: IPv6 Microsegmentation

Scott Lowe

This session was titled “IPv6 Microsegmentation,” and the speaker was Ivan Pepelnjak. Ivan is, of course, a well-known figure in the networking space, and publishes content at [link]. The session starts with a discussion of the problems found in Layer 2 IPv6 networks. Can we use shared Layer 3 IPv6 subnets?

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What Can You Get from an IP Address and Why is it Important?

Galido

For those who are scratching their heads, a good example of hardware that uses a data link layer is an ethernet cable. Here’s how to tell apart the following IP addresses: IPv4 and IPv6. When it comes to IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, these are mainly used to find your location and identify who you are. Dynamic and static.

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Leading innovation in digital infrastructure for a digital and sustainable APAC

CIO Business Intelligence

Digital infrastructure, of course, includes communications network infrastructure — including 5G, Fifth-Generation Fixed Network (F5G), Internet Protocol version 6+ (IPv6+), the Internet of Things (IoT), and the Industrial Internet — alongside computing infrastructure, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), storage, computing, and data centers.

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Technology Short Take #53

Scott Lowe

Of course, I’m sure there are trade-offs each way. Servers/Hardware. This article by Michael Gugino provides some details on getting GRE tunnels over IPv6 with Open vSwitch running on CentOS 7. The first part of this article does a great job of describing some of the key forces that are shaping the networking industry.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: The Basics of Local DNS for Small Business.

Sean Daniel

Of course you can. I'm wondering if it could be an adapter (hardware) issue. Installation of the DHCP role is straightforward enough until the question of IPv6 is raised. After the install, the server keeps warnin me to set a static IPv6 address on the server in order to be able to manage an IPv6 scope in DHCP.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: How to Enable TimeMachine Backup for.

Sean Daniel

A MAC Address is the hardware address of the local network card. What is also cool, is while the MAC won’t show a percentage complete like the PC does when performing the client backup, it will tell you the status right in the console, which of course falls through to the alerts. Obtain the MAC’s MAC Address.

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