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dgcarter's avatar
dgcarter
Dialled in
15 years ago

IPv6 support on Virgin media

Does anyone know whether (and if so when) Virgin plan to implement IPv6 on its network?
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bert64's avatar
bert64
Joining in
14 years ago

The D-link DIR-615 does have ipv6 support, although aparrently some revisions of the firmware are buggy.

 

Look at the datasheet for the dir-615:

ftp://ftp10.dlink.com/pdfs/products/DIR-615/DIR-615_ds.pdf

 

it even has an ipv6 ready logo at the bottom!

 

The netgear it seems does not by default, but you could install a third party firmware like dd-wrt or openwrt on it to get ipv6 support.

beanie's avatar
beanie
Dialled in
14 years ago

My D-Link looks different to that thou, it looks like this:

http://images04.olx.com.pk/ui/10/07/67/1291646004_108620067_2-Pictures-of--D-link-wireless-router-DIR-615-1291646004.jpg

 

Mine says hardware verson D4. Unfortunatly my WNR200 is abit bust, it randomly reboots itself!

 

I created a tunnel here: http://tunnelbroker.net then copied the command to the command line and rebooted Win 7, but it doesnt seem to do anything. Anyone got some tips please?

  • bert64's avatar
    bert64
    Joining in
    14 years ago

    Regular ipv6 (GRE) tunnels like tunnelbroker.net won't work properly behind NAT...

     

    Might need to either route the tunnel to your router (assuming it supports it), or look into using a teredo tunnel (windows 7 usually tries to enable a teredo tunnel by default, but it doesnt always work).

    • beanie's avatar
      beanie
      Dialled in
      14 years ago

      This is the result from my ip config:

       

       

      Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
         Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : cable.virginmedia.net
         Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2122:c28:c86c:4c6b%11
         IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.100
         Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
         Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
      Tunnel adapter isatap.cable.virginmedia.net:
         Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
         Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : cable.virginmedia.net
      Tunnel adapter IP6Tunnel:
         Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
         Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

       

      Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
         Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : cable.virginmedia.net   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2122:c28:c86c:4c6b%11   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.100   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
      Tunnel adapter isatap.cable.virginmedia.net:
         Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : cable.virginmedia.net
      Tunnel adapter IP6Tunnel:
         Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

       

      Looks like it's trying to use teredo?

       

      I have no idea how I would route the tunnel to the router!

      • pjpickering's avatar
        pjpickering
        Tuning in
        14 years ago

        Hi,

         

        Reading this thread it is obvious that Virginmedia are not looking to implement IPv6 in the near future, however in the meantime you can install IPv6 Tunnels via a broker (I used http://gogonet.gogo6.com/) to tide you over until Virginmedia do implement it fully on their network

         

        Phil

         

        www.dragonf.com