Preface#
Warning: It is not recommended to use this service in mainland China. Even if you choose the closest HKG, you will still experience high latency due to global routing.:::
With the rapid development of the Internet and the increasing number of global users, the gradual exhaustion of IPv4 address resources has become an important challenge for the Internet. IPv6, as the new generation Internet protocol, provides a feasible solution to the problem of IPv4 address shortage. However, there are still many servers and network devices that only support IPv4, resulting in many websites and applications unable to directly access IPv6 resources.
TunnelBroker is a free service launched by Hurricane Electric. It allows users to apply for free IPv6 addresses on IPv4 Only servers and transfer IPv6 traffic to IPv4 networks through IPv6 tunnels. By using TunnelBroker, you can obtain IPv6 support for free on existing IPv4 infrastructure without the need to replace hardware or network architecture.
Installation#
:::warning Note: Please make sure that your server IP can be pinged on the public network first.:::
First, open the TunnelBroker official website.
Log in on the left side or register if you don't have an account.
After that, click on "Create Regular Tunnel" on the left side, then fill in your server IP address below, and find the node closest to your server from the boxes below that.
Then scroll down to click on "Create Tunnel".
Then wait for a while, and click on "Example Configurations" at the top.
Then choose your preferred system.
Windows#
Let's take Windows as an example. Just paste this command into the cmd window.
In addition, Tunnelbroker has assigned you a /64 IPv6 segment. If you don't like the default IP, you can customize it.
When executing the command in line 3, replace the IP address at the end with an address within that /64 network segment.
What? You want to customize it even after pasting it?
Don't worry, first execute the following command to remove it.
netsh interface ipv6 del address interface=IP6Tunnel address=original
Then execute
netsh interface ipv6 add address interface=IP6Tunnel address=new
That's it.
After that, we open IP.SB.
We can see that we already have an IPv6 address, and when we open IPv6 Test, it passes completely.
Linux#
It's even simpler on Linux, just a few lines of commands, paste them into the terminal.
Effect#
Then let's take a look separately.
Both Windows and Linux are connected to IPv6.
Removal#
It won't be invalidated in Windows. To remove it, please manually execute
netsh interface ipv6 del address interface=IP6Tunnel address=your IPV6 address
For Linux, just restart and it will be invalidated. Restart again and execute the configuration command again.
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