Looking for a router with IPv6 support

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Hello all,

I am looking for recommendations for a router with IPv6 support. I am sure that ipv6 is upon us soon enough, and I am in the market for a router now. My troublesome yet well understood Billion have been very consistent; now I am ready for new irks and issues.

Besides IPv6 support my other considerations (wish-list features) are:
  • Locally available, with support for newer ADSL speeds. (ADSL 2 / ADSL 2+)
  • Good overall product quality, support, and firmware updates.
  • A USB port to share a hard drive on the LAN would be nice.
  • Not [commonly known (PDF) to] have huge gaping security holes.
  • 802.11N / 300 Mbps speed / improved range. The tri-antenna type seems to have the best range.
  • Would also be nice if there is wireless domain support (So that I can link up another access point to extend the range in my house).


Apparently some wireless routers / access points also have multiple radios, allowing you to operate 802.11g and 802.11n at the same time? I don't have any 802.11n cards, but I expect to start replacing existing machines slowly, and it would be nice to be able to continue using the existing machines, and be able to get full speed and range on any new machines.

I would not mind the opportunity to start playing with alternative router operating systems either!

My last requirement is of course price. The R2000 type is out of my range. I would prefer to find something in the sub R800 range if possible... The USB drive sharing port would sway me to spend a bit more however.

Thanx
_J
 
I'm not sure. Regardless it is time to start learning about IPv6 because you never know, and the more we know the easier the transition will be.

I'm aware that as of today none of the local South African ISPs offer native IPv6. I for one WILL switch as soon as I can.
 
McGuywer said:
I don't think you require IPv6 just yet.
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While it's not an absolute requirement at this stage, there's nothing wrong with wanting to be an early adopter and wanting to tinker with it. :)

Right, to answer the original question then. I'm not aware of any ADSL router-modems available in South Africa that are currently IPv6 compatible. There are a few routers out there that do support IPv6 that are available in this country, but you'll have to attach a separate modem or 3G device to them. A quick check on your favourite manufacturer's website (or a mail to their support department) should reveal what you can use. An alternate is to get hold of a router that is supported by the DD-WRT project and load their firmware on to it, since their firmware fully supports IPv6.
 
I really don't know why you'd want to go to IPv6. Setting up NAT is just so much fun :)

It would take a few years at the very least before IPv6 would be widely adopted.
 
RIPE has some details about IPv6 routers that are available and in use.

Personally, I use Mikrotik Routeboards in a number of home and small office environments and IPv6 is running fine on all of them. Mikrotik doesn't currently have a bundled unit with an ADSL support but an ADSL bridge modem is only about R300. You can get them with wifi but I prefer to just use a dedicated AP that I can place in a location that gives me the best signal (often not the same place as I have my router)
 
ambo said:
...l (often not the same place as I have my router)
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That must be the awesomest most mindbogellingest simply-beautifullest light-bulb-on brainwave moment I've gotten in years. Of course I've always known WiFi APs and ADSL routers are available separately. Of course I've known many if not most ADSL routers support bridge mode.

And my telephone line has basically always been in a non-ideal location compared to the ideal location for a WiFi router in the home.

To all the people who just can't control their urges to respond to blog questions with answers like "Why do you need it", "You don't need it", and all the other variations of that theme: Please go read some nettiquette guidelines. I asked your opinion about recommendations for a router make/model, not your opinion on my requirements / feature wishlist items.

If you would swallow your snooty manner and ask for an explanation about why I need or want IPv6 support, read the intelligent reply by Kelerei at #5 above - he nailed it. I _*WANT*_ to learn about and tinker with IPv6 before I _*HAVE*_ to know about it.

Cheers :-)
_hartz
 
You can always download MikroTik RouterOS x86 (as a 24 hour trial) and install it in a VM (Virtual Machine), and then play with IPv6.
DD-WRT firmware usually includes IPv6 support as well.

I'm not sure if you can get IPv6 connectivity via something like Your-Freedom if you connect to their servers with OpenVPN?
 
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