Re: [Staffslug] IP v6 anyone?
On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 01:11 +0000, Adam Egan wrote:
I'm a big fan of pfSense, which does not yet feature IPv6
support...
meaning I can't switch until they implement it.. which had better be
next year or i'll have to switch to m0n0wall for a bit! :(
Yes, hardware support is still a bit of a pain. I'm quite amazed that
it's taken this long to get it into pfSense. That said, m0n0wall still
lacks a DHCPv6 service (autoconf works fine for the most part, however)
and there's also a lack of any routing support (not even RIPng) - though
that's true of m0n0's IPv4 support, also.
Thankfully Vyatta is the dog's danglies for IPv6-enabled routing on the
cheap.. It turned an old 1U P4 into a very capable Linux-based router in
not too much time at all.
I've had limited success with getting OpenWRT working with IPv6 via Lua
(the web interface) but the support is there in the OS if you don't mind
getting down and dirty with the shell.
But there are means and ways, definitely.
Cisco's support for IPv6 is, as with many things, complex. Be sure to
write down a list of the features you need and spend a few days (!)
going through the rigmarole that is their Feature Navigator to ensure
that the platform/featureset/IOS release you have (or are planning to
buy) is suitable.
(Tig will be along shortly with 'the list of excuses'.)
Tom