Subj : What sense is a tunnel? (was: '-Unpublished-' with speed > 300)
To : Dan Clough
From : Nick Boel
Date : Sat Nov 08 2025 02:31 pm
Hey Dan!
On Sat, 08 Nov 2025 09:07:22 -0600, you wrote:
>>
https://www.cox.com/residential/support/ip-version-6.html
>>
>> Get your money's worth! :)
> Yes, that page would seem to indicate that they *DO* offer IPv6. I
> don't see any options/choices for that in the IPFire software
> (router)... and checking their documentation it doesn't seem to be
> mentioned. Hmmm... Now I'm actually interested in figuring this out.
Do it!
> Anybody know offhand if IPFire supports IPv6, and how to enable it?
> I've been using that for years, and am happy with it, and have a lot of
> filter rules and so on defined, so somewhat reluctant to switch to
> something else.
Since you say you've been using it for years, have you been updating it over that time?
> Having said that, any recommendations for alternatives? I know
> 'PFsense' is supposed to be good. I also know about things like
> OpenWRT, but I believe that runs on an actual commercial router
> appliance, which might be an option but I'd prefer to run on a small PC.
> Thoughts and opinions welcome... :-)
I imagine they would support it, and if they don't (being an open source project) I would be extremely surprised. They seem to have been posting blogs about they themselves using it since 2013 or even earlier:
https://www.ipfire.org/blog/infrastructure-2-ipv6-pushing-the-button
Regards,
Nick
... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
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