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4/26    I see that soda has an ipv6 address but ipv6 traffic from this box
        doesn't actually work (ping6 <DEAD>ipv6.google.com<DEAD>, ping6 http://www.v6.facebook.com
        Is this expected to work?
        \_ Soda doesn't have a real IPv6 address.  The IPv6 addresses you see
           in ifconfig are just link-local addresses; any IPv6-capable machine
           will autogenerate these, whether or not it's connected to an IPv6
           will autogenerate those, whether or not it's connected to an IPv6
           router.  They're useful when you do things like connect two machines
           directly with an ethernet cable: they'll both assign themselves
           addresses and it just works.  You need a real address to talk to the
           directly with an ethernet cable: each machine will assign itself an
           address and it just works.  You need a real address to talk to the
           internet, though.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-local_address
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