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James Bottomley has put together a
detailed recounting of what it took to get IPv6 fully working on his
network. “One of the things you’d think from the above is that IPv6
always auto configures and, while it is true that if you simply plug your
laptop into the ethernet port of a cable modem it will just automatically
configure, most people have a more complex home setup involving a router,
which needs some special coaxing before it will work. That means you need
to obtain additional features from your ISP using special DHCPv6
requests.”