tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post6939046844859612799..comments2024-03-29T11:00:39.953+00:00Comments on RevK<sup>®</sup>'s ramblings: Really unimpressed with Bellagio nowRevKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-74521181996100418232010-10-28T16:35:00.322+01:002010-10-28T16:35:00.322+01:00LOL, true thoughLOL, true thoughRevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-65366413886139905402010-10-28T11:11:11.242+01:002010-10-28T11:11:11.242+01:00You know you're a geek when...you're stayi...You know you're a geek when...you're staying at the Bellagio but the leaking IPv6 RAs are really getting to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-4367896133043088782010-10-27T10:35:19.334+01:002010-10-27T10:35:19.334+01:00Presumably other people will notice, if they are r...Presumably other people will notice, if they are running an OS that supports IPv6 by default. I haven't tried it, but don't modern versions of Windows attempt to use IPv6 if they receive router advertisements?<br /><br />These people won't know what the problem is, but they will certainly get frustrated. Every time they try to connect to a website, they will have to wait until the IPv6 connection times out, and the system attempts IPv4 instead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-20917729329844633842010-10-27T09:39:06.012+01:002010-10-27T09:39:06.012+01:00I'd hazard a guess that they're running on...I'd hazard a guess that they're running one large broadcast domain, and while their kit might understand how to control ARP and DHCP, it's never heard of IPv6, so just passes it silently - not even logging it for diagnostics.<br /><br />Windows Vista and Windows 7 boxes configured to use Internet Connection Sharing (possibly set up by someone's kid so that they can use their non-WiFi XBox in the hotel room) always send RAs, even if they have no onwards IPv6 connectivity (office network has been broken by exactly this setup on a salesman's laptop - but I have port mirroring and tcpdump to track the beggar down).<br /><br />Net result is what you're seeing - non-functional IPv6 addresses, and broken connectivity. It'll only get worse as more sites enable IPv6.Simon Farnsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15190608047563530091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-4754857494394909182010-10-26T23:27:59.942+01:002010-10-26T23:27:59.942+01:00Because they don't understand it and other peo...Because they don't understand it and other people probably don't notice it.<br /><br />Just fire up your own DHCP server or arp spoof their network and be "part of the problem" or break it entirely, forcing a technical person to come to the hotel and speak to them :>1https://www.blogger.com/profile/04266030296611845502noreply@blogger.com