The Role of IPv6 in the World of IoT: Navigating a Connected Future
Introduction In the ever-expanding world of the Internet of Things (IoT), the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 has become a topic of paramount importance. The Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), with its seemingly limitless address space, is poised to be the backbone of...
Mounting an NFS share over IPv6
Like many people I have a NAS at home that I use to store a lot of, well, stuff on. Mostly backups, downloads and multimedia files like photos and video files. Modern day NASes are just linux boxes that are very well IPv6 capable. I use both SMB and NFS to access...
How to configure the Kerlink IoT Station for GPRS/3G uplink connectivity
I have been working on getting a Kerlink IoT Station to work with GPRS/3G as its primary uplink path. A client asked me to do this configuration because they did not have the resources to it themselves. No problem. I have been working with LoRa and Kerlinks for a...
What Exactly Is The "Internet of Things"? An infographic.
What Exactly Is The "Internet of Things"? Postscapes and Harbor Research collaborated in creating this nice infographic of the "Internet of Things". Or is it an "Infographic of Things"? A graphic primer behind the term & technologies Over the last...
How to set up an IPv6 enabled FTP server – vsftpd
How to set up an IPv6 enabled FTP server: vsftpd Many people are searching for configuration examples on how to set up an IPv6 enabled FTP server like vsftpd. Here you will find examples of a number of popular FTP servers. This article covers vstftpd for Linux. vsftpd...
Book review – IPv6 Fundamentals: A Straightforward Approach to Understanding IPv6
There are many IPv6 books around nowadays with many different approaches to the subject. IPv6 Fundamentals: A Straightforward Approach to Understanding IPv6 by Rick Graziani is an excellent book that will help you fully understand the fundamentals of IPv6. It has a...