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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/).

When you have an account, select **Create Regular Tunnel** in the **User Functions** sidebar:

![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:

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