Jan Iven wrote: > >> Does anyone know if IPv6 is already active in the Internet, > > Not widely spread. You would have to check with your provider to see > whether they offer IPv6. A list is at > http://www.ipv6tf.org/guide/organizations/services/isp.php > >> and does SL 4.4 i386 support IPv6 in networking? > > Yes (unfortunately :-), as we have to turn it off in some cases - there > are some issues with DNS timeouts and X11 display forwarding). You can > check whether your machine is using ipv6 by running > > # lsmod | grep ipv6 > # netstat -A inet6 -ta > >> I am using a network card to >> connect to the router, so SL 4.4 sees the connection as an Ethernet card. > > So your router would need to speak IPv6, or you would have to > encapsulate IPv6 and tunnel to a different router.. Thanks for your reply. Does the Ethernet card need to support IPv6 as well?