[Gllug] Wireless ADSL router suitable for IPv6 over IPv4

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 06:10:38PM +0000, John Winters wrote:
> Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 10:29:02AM -0000, john at sinodun.org.uk wrote:
> >> I'm looking for a Wireless ADSL router (preferably with 4 hard-wired ports
> >> as well) which is capable of handling IPv6 over IPv4 traffic as well.  My
> >> current Netgear one doesn't seem to be able to do it - you can open it up
> >> to allow in TCP or UDP but nothing else.  AFAICS, IPv6 over IPv4 uses
> >> protocol 41 and the Netgear has no option for that.  I've checked the
> >> Netgear web site and I have the latest available firmware.
> >>
> >> Needless to say, sales-droids who even understand the question are rarer
> >> than a very rare thing.  Short of buying a lot of ADSL routers and testing
> >> them I can't think of another way of finding out.
> > 
> > I'm not sure if any do ADSL + Wifi all in one, but if you're ok wtih
> > separate boxes, get a wifi router which can be reflash to run OpenWRT
> > 
> >    http://openwrt.org/
> > 
> > I have the LinkSys  classic WRT 54GL, but there're many options
> 
> Unfortunately that doesn't address the problem.  The tricky part is 
> getting the IPv6-over-IPv4 traffic through the ADSL router - not the 
> conversion back into pure IPv6.  If I can't get the traffic off the ADSL 
> connection it doesn't matter how many OpenWRT boxes I have hiding behind 
> it.  I still need to find an ADSL router which will let the traffic in.

I've not had any trouble with the Westell 6100  ADSL router - lets
through protocol 41 with any special config. Not sure how easy it is
to get hold of in the UK though - its mostly targetted at ISPs providing
ADSL routers, rather than directly sale to consumers.

Dan.
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