[Gllug] Need Broadband Modem that supports IPv6

[Dave English]

In message <20090818165255.GK15885 at hades.eco.li>, Dan Kolb 
<gllug at eco.li> writes
>On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 04:41:36PM +0100, Alain Williams wrote:
>> I changed ISP a few weeks ago as I want to use IPv6.
>>
>> I was recommended getting something and reflashing with OpenWRT, 
>>seemed simple enough.
>> First attempt was a Linksys WRT54GL which is advertised as a 
>>Broadband router.
>> I checked OpenWRT - it is well supported, however it expects a UTP 
>>connection to
>> the Internet - ie it does not have it's own built in modem :-(
>> Drat! I thought that I knew what I was doing - it seems not.
>>
>> People on this list seem to have Pv6 -- what do you recommend ? 
>>Preferably not costing the earth.
>>
>> I don't care if the modem will do wifi - I just want it to give me a 
>>UTP connection
>> to the Internet.
>
>You'll be wanting an ADSL modem set to go into bridging mode. This way it does
>the underlying magic to convert ethernet into phone line, but your computer
>actually handles the PPP connections.

AIUI, to do that properly, you need an ADSL Ethernet modem, explained 
here:

http://www.draytek.co.uk/products/vigor120.html

Regards
-- 
Dave English - dave at lutnos.com
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 306 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/gllug/attachments/20090819/420b604b/attachment.pgp>
-------------- next part --------------
-- 
Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at gllug.org.uk
http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug