The automagic occurs with a tunnel apperently supplied by cox. So the modem and all is IPv4. I want to be able to access this tunnel and get a block of addresses for my router to provide to my computers. -- i think -- heheh...
So anyone can try this.. With Vista and W7 I think you can just plug your computer directly into your cable modem, wait for it to get connected to the net, restart your browser, and go to »
v6.testmyipv6.com/ and it will work. So will »
ipv6.google.com. Its magic..
With XP you have to install IPv6. This is real easy. Get to a command prompt, start>run>type cmd and press enter. Then type "ipv6 install". It will install it. Your done. No need to reboot. You do gotta restart your browser. I have not uninstalled it, so you would have to figure that out.
All my computers will do this. IPv6 works out of the box automagically configured. Does not even require a reboot.
It sets up a 6to4 tunnel to cox.. I think... Maybe to HE via cox..
Once working. From the command prompt you can do a few things. Most important is ipconfig, but you also have ping6 and tracrt6
Im going to use my exact addresses here. YES I know its not good to put these up, but they are for a computer that will not be facing the net anyway.. Also the exact number will be important to discussion. The machine has been unpluged from the modem now anyway..
From a ipconfig, In my case the automagical numbers that got assigned are:
Ethernet Adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS suffix: ph.cox.net
IP address:68.106.249.47
subnet mask:255.255.248.0
IP Address:fe80::f200:8dff:fed1:783f%5
Default gateway:68.106.248.1
skipping Tunnel adapter Teredo as its not used.
Tunnel adapter 6to4:
Connection-specific DNS suffix: ph.cox.net
IP Address: 2002:446a:f92f::446a:f92f
default gateway: 2002:c050:6301::c050:6301
Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Connection-specific DNS suffix: ph.cox.net
IP Address: fe80::5efe:68.106.249.47%2
So the question for cox is, how do I access this and get a block assigned to me ? Is one assigned normally - in that case I just need to know what it is.