Howto Configure IPv6 Tunnel in Ubuntu
Posted by admin on July 23rd, 2008 
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Connecting to the IPv6 Internet requires either a native connection or the cooperation of a friendly server to provide you with a tunnel.Tunnel Server Protocol Client (tspc), is a daemon to automate the setup and maintenance of an IPv6 tunnel. This client will connect to any migration broker which uses Hexago’s implementation.
Install tspc in ubuntu
sudo aptitude install tspc
This will complete the installation.
You can get free IPv6 access form freenet6 register freenet6 account from here to obtain username and password.
Configure tspc
The default configuration file is located at /etc/tsp/tspc.conf. Open file using a text editor using the following command
sudo gedit /etc/tsp/tspc.conf
You need to provide username, password and hostname registered at Freenet6
userid - Yourid
passwd - yourPassWord
server - broker.freenet6.net
Search, userid, server, and passwd variable in file and set them as follows
userid=your-name
server=broker.freenet6.net
passwd=your-password
Save and close the file. Restart tspc service using the following command
sudo /etc/init.d/tspc restart
Testing your IPv6 Connections
Use the following command to see your tunnel IPv6 address
ifconfig tun
Test IPv6 connectivity using the following command
ping6 ipv6.google.com
ping6 www.kame.net
View Google.com IPv6 Address using the following command
host ipv6.google.com
You can use the following commands to start and stop tunnel
sudo /etc/init.d/tspc stop
sudo /etc/init.d/tspc start
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July 24th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Hi
Thanks for this guide.
However, I had some problems implementing it on Ubuntu Hardy on my MacBook as when I completed the installation/config as you describe (and I installed the Gateway6 5.1 Source Code (Linux/Unix/Darwin/BSD) as is recommended in the email I received after registering with go6. Note that this is not straightforward as the .tar.exe file needs to be renamed to tar.gz before compiling).
In any event, after I had followed all of the steps and tried
ifconfig tunI get this error
tun: error fetching interface information: Device not found
Any suggestions what’s up with this?
Thanks
Paul
August 2nd, 2008 at 1:01 pm
… same problem, same error message on Hardy as Paul mentioned
Rgds