Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Ubuntu 10.10 Install Miredo for IPv6 Surfing.

There are more and more IPv6 capable websites popping up, you can find out more about the IPv6 protocol HERE Installation is really simple, just follow the directions below and then you can search for websites that use IPv6 HERE.


To install Miredo for access to the IPv6 world:
sudo apt-get install miredo

Remove Miredo system startup links, if you wish:
sudo update-rc.d -f miredo remove


You may have to Edit Miredo's config file:
sudo vi /etc/miredo.conf

#Comment out any other entry and paste:
ServerAddress teredo.ipv6.microsoft.com

Save and Restart Miredo.

Miredo Usage:
sudo /etc/init.d/miredo start
sudo /etc/init.d/miredo stop
sudo /etc/init.d/miredo restart
sudo /etc/init.d/miredo reload
sudo /etc/init.d/miredo force-reload

Check your current status by going HERE 

Note: ifconfig should return a teredo entry when Miredo is started.

(UFW)
sudo ufw disable
sudo gedit /etc/default/ufw (IPv6=no to IPv6=yes)
sudo ufw enable
sudo ufw status


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