Re: Inexpensive hub/switch for testing home IPv6 network?

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, Peter Cooper Jr. wrote:

> Stephen Fulton <[email protected]> writes:
> > I want to set up IPv6 on my home network, and before I do so, I was
> > wondering if I could solicit recommendations on an inexpensive hub or
> > switch that would work for that purpose?  I've got a router, so that's
> > covered.  Thoughts?
> 
> Others had mentioned using the Linksys WRT54G. I'm using the firmware
> for that available through Earthlink's experimental IPv6 in the Home
> project <http://www.research.earthlink.net/ipv6/>, and it's been
> working just fine for me.

Hubs and switches work at the data level - so they handle Ethernet 
frames, between Ethernet devices.  It doesn't matter what protocol you use 
inside the Ethernet frame (ipv4, ipv6, Appletalk, IPX etc.)

Therefore all Ethernet hubs and switches work for IPv6. If it has a 
control interface (i.e. it is a managed switch) that may be IPv4 only, but 
really given that you are only telnetting in to turn ports on and off 
and set up things like vlans, it really is no bother telnetting into the 
switch using IPv4.

-- 
William Palfreman

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