Subj : Re: What sense is a tunnel? (was: '-Unpublished-' with speed > 300)
To   : Nick Boel
From : Dan Clough
Date : Sun Nov 09 2025 08:48 pm

-=> Nick Boel wrote to Dan Clough <=-

NB> Odd that they boast that they're using it for all of their services,
NB> but don't include it in their product. It seems IPFire 3 "is a major
NB> rewrite of IPFire 2" and "is at a very early stage of development and
NB> there is no definite release date, yet." Which also includes
NB> "Full-Stack IPv6 Support". That's a bummer, and kinda wayu behind the
NB> times seeing as though most other routers (including store bought)
NB> already fully support it.

> I'm gonna learn some more about all this, and am currently pretty
> loaded up with real life/work stuff, so it may wait until after the
> holidays. Thanks for your input/help!

NB> No worries, at least the interest in looking into it is (kinda) there,
NB> now!

Yes, it is.

NB> First step would be to see if it is even there from the ISP, with the
NB> possibility of IPFire blocking it from reaching the rest of your
NB> network.

Yep, that's next.  I'm pretty confident it is not available in IPFire.
There may be a good chance that I switch to OpenWRT...

Thanks again, and I'll re-visit all this eventually.  :-)



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