Re: IPv6 on SOHO routers?

David Conrad <drcvirtualized.org> wrote:

> FWIW, I had reason to go over to a local Fry's
(www.frys.com) and they  
> had 2 SOHO routers that claimed to have IPv6 support:
>
> Linksys RVS4000 for $119.99
> Linksys WRVS4400 for $209.99
>
> No idea how well they support IPv6...

Looked at the manual, the only thing I could find regarding
IPv6
connectivity was an option

IP Versions
 * IPv4 Only. This option utilizes IPv4 on the Internet and
local
   network
 * Dual-Stack IP. This option utilizes IPv4 over the
Internet and IPv4
   and IPv6 on the local network.

No support for native connectivity on the WAN side
apparently and no
user-defined tunnels, so my guess is 6to4. Odd that you can
manually
specify the LAN IPv6 address, but well. Latest firmware
readme talks
about 6to4-only as well.

Apple Airport Extreme can do 6to4 and manual proto-41 at
least, the only
other commercial SOHO product I could find that (according
to the
data-sheet) supports IPv6 is the Buffalo WZR-AG300NH. No hit
in the
(very brief) manual or the knowledge base though, so no idea
how far
this support is going.

Best bet is still a WRT54G with OpenWRT :-

Bernhard

> > Linksys RVS4000 for $119.99
> > Linksys WRVS4400 for $209.99

> Looked at the manual, the only thing I could find
regarding 
> IPv6 connectivity was an option

You need the January 11 2008 firmware (or newer) to do
IPv6.
6to4 works fine but there is a bug with NAT-PT at present.
If you Google for the device name and "IPv6" then
you will
find some forum postings discussing IPv6 using these
Linksys
boxes.

Note, that this is another example of a device which was
able to add IPv6 through software only, no hardware changes
required. I think that the majority of SOHO devices will
add IPv6 in this way. As soon as the manufacturers realise
that there is a demand for such products, they can very
quickly
add IPv6 and ship it, faster than they can update and print

new manuals.

The list on <h
ttp://www.getipv6.info/index.php/Broadband_CPE> has
been
updated.

--Michael Dillon