Tag: IPv4

  • Raspberry Pi as a local DNS/DHCP server

    Raspberry Pi as a local DNS/DHCP server

    For a local network supporting a small company or an Internet-active family, it is always possible to rely totally on an Internet Service Provider (ISP) which will provide basic network services straight from the Internet box/router (fibre or ADSL). But, if – like me – you want to have more flexibility, you’d prefer to setup…

  • Synology on a sub-domain (with a dynamic IP address)

    My problem: I’ve got a Fiber connexion to the Internet (at Numéricable, one of the main ISP in France) which is forcing a dynamic IP address on me (no fixed IP address, even with a premium; They’ve settled in the XXth century). This would not be very serious except that I host a RAID server…

  • Google goes IPv6

    As you certainly already know if you follow regularly this web site, the Internet addresses will soon be depleted (all used). The end of the Internet world as we know it should be reached around 2011 or 2012. That is the reason why some companies are working to push out the most common Internet protocol…

  • IPv6 starts tomorow

    For most of us, IPv6 has been a little more than vaporware. But in order to fight the upcoming lack of Internet addresses (as IPv4 addresses are more easily known), there is this new protocol, IPv6. It is steadily progressing and tomorrow, February 4th, several of the major international routers of the Internet backbone will…