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This tutorial will try to implement IP Address version 6 on Opensolaris 2009.06 and Linux (Slackware 12.2). Both OS are already support IPv6 by default so we just enable/activate it.
The schenario of this test is using direct connection between the two OSes and using existing private IP addresses. IPv6 makes it very easy to assign existing addresses.
For example, the Linux IP address is 172.16.17.16 and the Opensolaris IP address is 172.16.17.238. We change the ip address in hex (IPv6 format) become ::AC10:1110 and ::AC10:11EE respectively. The :: is a short form available in IPv6 to represent zeros.
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Opensolaris 2009.06 had been released on June 1, 2009. Here are some screenshots of them with Gnome compiz fusion 3D window appearance make it more like Ubuntu Linux. Some improvements had been done in the system, much more stable in compiz fusion, faster reboot or shutdown (comparing to the previous release 2008.11). There is one new application that really interesting, Elisa Media Center (something like Windows Media Center in Ms Windowz Vista or Win 7) however, if you run this application the system will become damn slow :(
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RP-PPPoE is a free PPPoE client developed by Roaring Penguin Soft Inc. RP itself stands for Roaring Penguin.
PPPoE is a protocol used by many ADSL Internet Service Provider (ISP) to connect to theirs internet services.

If you are familiar with Linux and using PPPoE to connect to your service provider, RP-PPPoE is the best tool for this purposes and easy to install because almost all Linux distros have its binary file. continue reading…

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