From 0b94e186bc1f1fa4ee55e69bc46f613e97dac101 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sspencerwire Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2025 08:37:43 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Light editing `hurricane_electric_ipv6_tunnel.md` (#2618) * replace contraction with words * some minor sentence restructuring/simplification * define acronym * other minor changes --- .../network/hurricane_electric_ipv6_tunnel.md | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/guides/network/hurricane_electric_ipv6_tunnel.md b/docs/guides/network/hurricane_electric_ipv6_tunnel.md index 4a7c906d5..0435c0f96 100644 --- a/docs/guides/network/hurricane_electric_ipv6_tunnel.md +++ b/docs/guides/network/hurricane_electric_ipv6_tunnel.md @@ -1,29 +1,29 @@ --- title: Hurricane Electric IPv6 Tunnel author: Neel Chauhan -contributors: +contributors: Steven Spencer tested_with: 9.5 tags: - network --- -# Hurricane Electric IPv6 Tunnel +# Hurricane Electric IPv6 tunnel -IPv6 needs no introduction, but in case you aren't aware, IPv6 is the replacement for the more-popular IPv4 protocol which uses 128-bit hexadecimal addresses inatead of 32-bit decimal ones. +IPv6 needs no introduction, but in case you are not aware, IPv6 is the replacement for the more popular IPv4 protocol that uses 128-bit hexadecimal addresses instead of 32-bit decimal ones. -[Hurricane Electric](https://he.net) is an internet service provider which runs the free [Tunnel Broker](https://tunnelbroker.net/) service to give IPv6 connectivity behind IPv4-only networks, among other things. +[Hurricane Electric](https://he.net) is an internet service provider. Among its other service, Hurricane Electric runs the free [Tunnel Broker](https://tunnelbroker.net/) service to give IPv6 connectivity behind IPv4-only networks. ## Introduction -Thanks to the IPv4 +Thanks to IPv4. ## Prerequisites - A [free Hurricane Electric IPv6 tunnel](https://tunnelbroker.net/) -- A Rocky Linux server with a public IP address and non-filtered ICMP +- A Rocky Linux server with a public IP address and non-filtered Internet Control Message Protocol (otherwise known as ICMP). -## Getting an IPv6 Tunnel +## Getting an IPv6 tunnel First, create an account at [tunnelbroker.net](https://tunnelbroker.net/). @@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ When you have an account, select **Create Regular Tunnel** in the **User Functio ![HE.net sidebar](../images/henet_1.png) -Then enter in your public IPv4 address, choose your endpoint location and click **Create Tunnel**. +Then enter in your public IPv4 address, select your endpoint location and click **Create Tunnel**. -## Setting up the IPv6 Tunnel +## Setting up the IPv6 tunnel The good news is that an IPv6 tunnel only needs one command: