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Date:      Thu, 30 Sep 2021 07:05:08 +0200
From:      Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ipv4 and ipv6 question
Message-ID:  <3f61bb73-f5dd-ca19-bbef-e494bc450a30@tinka.africa>
In-Reply-To: <YVT3BtRcQO8NUvjm@ceres.zyxst.net>
References:  <YVT3BtRcQO8NUvjm@ceres.zyxst.net>

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On 9/30/21 01:30, tech-lists wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have native ipv4 and ipv6 and a lot more ipv6 addresses available than
> ipv4. Is there some way of having (externally routable) multiple
> ipv6-only interfaces behind that one ipv4 address?
>
> let's say the machine name is ipv6-a.some.name.whatevertld and its
> interface has one /64 and only that ip. can I make a machine
> call it ipv4.some.name.whatevertld, give it its own ipv4 (and its own
> ipv6 - call it ipv6-b.some.name.whatevertld) address and configure it 
> to route ipv6-a packets to the right machine?
>
> Otherwise my ipv6-a machine will only be accessible by someone with ipv6
> functionality. Basically i'm asking if I can somehow put an ipv6-only
> machine on the internet and have it accessible via ipv4. I dimly
> remember something about 4to6 and 6to4 translation - is that how?

Look into enabling 464XLAT.

Mark.



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