Re: World IPv6 Only Day.

[Richard Patterson <richard () helix net nz>]

IPv6 has its own ethertype. (0x86DD)  see the list: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EtherType
We've also encountered old IOSes that didn't forward Ethernet frames 
that contained IPv6 payload.


On 06/09/2011 03:37 PM, Paul Graydon wrote:
> Dumb question.. what does the switch (L2) have to do with IPv6 (L3), 
> or is it one of those 'somewhere in between the two' things?
>
> Paul
>
> On 6/8/2011 1:08 PM, fredrik danerklint wrote:
> > Well, that's another problem.
> >
> > To make a long story short, the network (not mine and I don't have 
> > any kind of
> > control over that either) that my customers (including me) are using, 
> > did put
> > in new equipment (a switch) over a year ago and after that I lost my 
> > IPv6
> > connection that I had previously. That switch does not support IPv6 
> > it turns
> > out.