Help light an IPv6-enabled Christmas tree

Posted to Reddit’s section devoted to networking by user felixdgniezno, this IPv6-enabled Christmas tree is garnering rave reviews from the kinds of people who read Reddit’s section devoted to networking and are amused by the notion of an IPv6-enabled Christmas tree.

From the instructions found on the hosting site, which is located in Belgium, not surprisingly (I’ll explain why below):

Ping it to light it up!

  • 2001:6a8:28c0:2017::AA:BB:CC for HTML Color #AABBCC
  • 2001:6a8:28c0:2017::FF:00:00 for color RED
  • 2001:6a8:28c0:2017::00:FF:00 for color GREEN
  • 2001:6a8:28c0:2017::00:00:FF for color BLUE
  • 2001:6a8:28c0:2017::FF:FF:FF for color WHITE

… and so on…

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Network World Paul McNamara