Re: Disable IPv6 ? -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Disable IPv6 ?
From: Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 08:21:36 -0400
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<snip>
I suppose if your IBM i is not able to be reached from the internet,
that's a reasonable recommendation, though.
</snip>

Bingo!

<snip>
What's the point of enabling IPv6 on your edge devices if you disable it
on IBM i? So your Linux and Windows systems can use it?
</snip>
There's this thing called "Network Address Translation" or NAT. Your PC
may be IPv4 internally but given an IPv6 number by NAT to external people.

Rob Berendt

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