[Gllug] IPv6 and firewalls

[Chris Bell]

On Sat 15 Aug, Jason Clifford wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 2009-08-15 at 19:14 +0100, Nix wrote:
> > That's because even if they wanted to there isn't much in the way of
> > ADSL router tech that can send IPv6 to them over PPPoA.
> 
> The limiting factor is usually the available memory in these devices.
> They usually run either Linux or a BSD kernel so they could do IPv6 but
> for the lack of capacity to actually load it.
> 
> Some routers can be upgraded to support IPv6 but doing so wipes out
> other facilities which is often a barrier.
> 

   I understand that the Chinese manufacturer of many well-known brand names
has tested that their modems will work with IPv6, but I wonder whether that
means they will work in bridge mode as IPv6 is designed to work without NAT.


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