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From: kml@gecko.nas.nasa.gov (Kevin M. Lahey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Is IPv6 on NetBSD stable?
Date: 29 Jan 1997 00:43:06 GMT
Organization: NAS, NASA/Ames
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In article <5cibg4$7p4@nuscc.nus.sg>,
Jiang Mingliang <jiang@bright.ee.nus.sg> wrote:
>Could someone tell me how stable is IPv6 on NetBSD? 

I've found both the NRL and Inria ports to be very stable.  Both of
the systems require some tweaking to get 'em running, but once they
are up, they seem to do just fine.  If you just want to see what
IPv6 is like, NRL is easy to put on and take off (it puts binaries
and IPv6 kernel sources into /usr/inet6, and you can just remove
the kernel).  Inria is more complete, and once you've rebuilt the
system, everything just works.

Both of 'em are changing quickly enough that in six months everything 
will be different...

>And also the advanced socket API?

Hmmm.  Last time I checked, NRL had more of the API implemented,
but I haven't loaded up the latest Inria release yet.  (Darn, these 
folks actually want me to *do something* with IPv6, instead of just 
installing new releases!)

Happy networking,

Kevin