Preparing Network

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All ICradio ZWIR Modules will automatically assign an IPv6 address up on starting the system. Using these addresses, the modules are accessible immediately. Using a 6lowPAN to Ethernet gateway like the GW1000, these are accessible using any PC on the network, connected to the same switch as the gateway. As the addresses are link-local, they can't be accessed from out of the local network, eg. behind a router or directly from the internet. These PCs just have to be prepared to use IPv6 addresses.

Preparing a Windows-PC

Starting with Windows Vista, and thus including Windows 7, IPv6 is enabled by default. Windows XP is able to use IPv6, but the corresponding protocol usually isn't enabled. To enable this, please follow the following description. If IPv6 was disabled, this can be used for newer windows-versions, too.

First right-click the item "My Network Places" or "Netzwerkumgebung" in german versions, and choose the item labeled "Settings" ("Eigenschaften"). Now a Window like the following will open:

Netzwerkverbindungen.png

Here choose your network-connection and again, select "Settings" ("Eigenschaften"). Another Window will open, showing you the currently installed Protocols and interfaces for that connection.

Eigenschaften von LANVerbindung.png

If there already is an entry called "Microsoft TCP/IP Version 6", the Connection is IPv6 enabled, and all windows can be closed again. Otherwise click on the button labeled "Install" and yet another window will appear on your screen.

Komponente auswaehlen.png

Here choose "protocol" and click on the "add"("Hinzufügen") button. In the window appearing next choose "Microsoft TCP/IP Version 6" and click "OK". Now the protocol will be installed and enabled after closing all windows.

Protokoll waehlen.png


Preparing a Linux-PC

Since a long time, all Linux-PC are IPv6-enabled for a long time. To commit the IPv6-enabled link, execute /sbin/ifconfig, like in the following example:

 $ /sbin/ifconfig eth0
 eth0	Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:11:2F:D5:6A:BC
 	inet6 addr: fe80::211:2fff:fed5:6abc/64 Scope:Link
 	UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
 	RX packets:29104 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
 	TX packets:18122 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
 	collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
 	RX bytes:20857018 (19.8 MiB)  TX bytes:2311813 (2.2 MiB)
 	Interrupt:177 Base address:0x6000

If there is a line containing inet6 addr, the corresponding interface is IPv6 enabled.

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