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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 gains security, networking upgrades

Network World

Enhanced networking infrastructure brings more IPv6 access As an operating system platform that is used as the basis for enterprise, cloud and even telecom scale deployments, RHEL’s networking stack is of particular importance to users. With this update, you can connect to IPsec VPNs that use IPv6 addressing.” release notes state.

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10 Linux commands for testing connectivity and transfer rates

Network World

Some systems, including Windows, issue four pings and then stop on their own. . $ ping 192.168.0.11 PING 192.168.0.11 (192.168.0.11) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.0.11: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=4.36 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.11: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=5.86 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.11: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=2.87

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All About BIND DNS: Who, How, & Why

Linux Academy

While BIND can also run on Windows hosts, doing so still requires in-depth knowledge of running open-source services on the system. IPv6 : Support IPv6 both by publishing IPv6 addresses for names and by participating directly in IPv6 networking. Extensive experience in Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows environments.

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A Tutorial For Enhancing Your Home DNS Protection

CTOvision

For Window devices click the Start button and then control panel. Click either IPV4 or IPv6 and click properties. Click the DNS tab and click the + button to add a new DNS server. Then enter the new DNS numbers. Under Network click View network connections. Then right-click the connection you want to change, and click properties.

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

Galido

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. However, using it an IPv6 address has 128 bits makes the number of individual addresses that can be created exponentially larger.

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Technology Short Take 179

Scott Lowe

Need more than 24 hours in a day… Timothy Ham created a GitHub Gist-based short IPv6 guide for home IPv4 admins. Operating Systems/Applications A colleague pointed this out , looks like it might be useful (Linux users only, sorry—if you know of a Windows or macOS equivalent, let me know!).

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Open vSwitch Day at OpenStack Summit 2017

Scott Lowe

Kubernetes and OVN on Windows. The first session was led by Cloudbase Solutions, a company out of Italy that has been heavily involved in porting OVS to Windows with Hyper-V. OVN Gateway and IPv6 Support. OVN’s IPv6 support is still lacking a few features, although development is still happening in those areas.

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