[v6z] Re: IPv6 mistakes, was: Re: Looking for an IPv6 naysayer...

Sat Feb 12 22:51:00 UTC 2011

On 02/12/2011 02:32 PM, Scott Howard wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Lamar Owen<lowen at pari.edu>  wrote:
>
>> While I have a few WRT54G's lying around, I've never tried IPv6 on them,
>> and would find it interesting if anyone has.
>>
>
> I used a WRT54G running DD-WRT for some time with a HE IPv6 tunnel (now
> replaced with a Cisco 877, but not due to any failing of the Linksys/DD-WRT)
>
> IPv6 support is actually broken in the latest version of DD-WRT, and it's
> been that way for some time (measured in years), however with some hacking
> you can get it to work.  It's not at all user friendly, and definitely not
> consumer ready, but once it's working it's pretty much rock solid.
>
> All up I'd say I probably spent less time getting IPv6 working on DD-WRT
> than on my Cisco 877W (Hint: IOS 12.x doesn't support IPv6 on the bridge
> interface, the IOS 15.x Advanced Security feature set doesn't support IPv6
> at all, and the flash requirements listed for 15.1 Advanced IP are wrong. Go
> Cisco!)
>
> Keep in mind that not all WRT54G's support DD-WRT.  Linksys moved from Linux
> to Vxworks but kept the model number the same (the version did change).  The
> WRT54GL along with various other devices do support it - details are on the
> DD-WRT website.
>

OpenWRT will run IPv6 fine; Comcast posted patches some months back to 
enable some 6rd configuration mods needed for Comcast's IPv6 trial. 
 From the  Comcast beta forum, it's clear that some people have 
succeeded at merging those 6rd patches into OpenWRT, though there may be 
some rough edges.

I haven't had time to take them for a spin.
			- Jim