I hope my ISP hurries up and give us native IPv6 so I don't have
to do the tunnel workaround anymore...
That makes at least two of us... 8-)
My ISP (Ziggo) keeps promising they will start rolling out native IPv6 "by the end of the year". They have been issuing statements to that effect every spring for the last five years...
While it is true that they have been shipping DOCSIS 3 modems to new customers and to existing customers who needed a new modem because of a speed upgrade, they have only enabled IPv6 on some bussines accounts so far.
A decent DNS provider will let you add an AAAA (IPv6) record, but
unfortunately there are still a few arond that don't. :-(
I'm using Godaddy for my domains (no hosting, or anything other than
the domains) and they do, in fact, have a AAAA record. I just have to tinker with ip6tables some more and get a decent firewall in place
before opening it up to the world.
While it is true that they have been shipping DOCSIS 3 modems to
new customers and to existing customers who needed a new modem
because of a speed upgrade, they have only enabled IPv6 on some
bussines accounts so far.
Pretty much the same scenario here. I have a DOCSIS 3 modem, as well
as faster speeds
(I believe there's even two more speed tiers above what I have,
but for the price it's not worth it), but still no native IPv6 yet.
A firewall supporting IPv6 is certainly recommended. I have installed OpenWrt on an old Linksys WRT54GL. It takes care of my he.net tunnel and it has a firewall that supports IPv6. Because of its limited memory, this version of Openwrt dispenses with a http server for configuration. It is console via SSH only. But for an experienced Fidonet sysop that should not be a big poroblem. ;-)
It has been running for almost three years now.
I wrote a couple of fidonews articles about it.
Actually I turned down an upgrade to a DOCSIS 3 modem two years ago. At that time I had a 2/20 Mbps connection and they were going to double the speed for all accounts. That required a new modem because my Motorola Surfboard can not handle 40 Mpbs. The snake in the grass was that I would not just get a modem, I would get a modem with build in wireless router. At the time it was unclear how much control I would get over the router part, so I evaded the upgrade by downgrading my account. I went fro 2/20 Mpbs to 1/10 Mpbd, saved 10 Euro a month and ket control over my router. ;-)
Recently they doubled the speeds again, so now I am back at 2/20. ;-)
The have now changed strategy. They still issue DOCSIS 3 modems with build in wireless router, but at the customers request they will put it in bridge mode, so that the customer can still use his own router. I can live with that, so at the next round I will accept the DOCSIS 3 modem.
I have the lowest speeds they offer. 2 up. 20 down. I do not know on the top of my head how many tiers above me, but they offer up to 150 Mbps down at the moment. I have no need for that, 2/20 is enough for me, I am not a gamer or a heavy downloader.
Same here regarding the speed. But I would like native IPv6. The tunnels (he.net and SixXs) work fine, but they DO slow things down quit a bit...
[..]A firewall supporting IPv6 is certainly recommended. I have
installed OpenWrt on an old Linksys WRT54GL.
I'm using the exact same router, though I have DD-WRT installed on it, which does have the IPv6 support, just no firewall for it. That's not
too bothersome, since I eventually want the functionality of ip6tables anyways, but yeah, you definitely went an easier route -- and I may
just go that route if I'm too lazy to configure ip6tables.
It has been running for almost three years now.
Definitely my favorite router. I could have chosen a fancy new
wireless-N router, but bleh.. the WRT54GL is just so stable that I'll
have to wait until it doesn't work anymore.
I wrote a couple of fidonews articles about it.
A very good read, I might add. :)
If you want to switch to OpenWrt, here is the binary that runs here:
http://www.vlist.eu/downloads/openwrt-wrt54g-squashfs-r25759.bin
It is very stable indeed. Never had to reset it.
But I realise it won't last forever and some day it may die or I may run into it's limitations and need something more powerful. Ah well, we will cross that bridge when we get to it.
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