Subj : I hope a quick quesiton. :)
To   : Markus Reschke
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Sun Sep 25 2016 00:53:08

Hello Markus,

On Saturday September 24 2016 12:28, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> Not just the Fritz. My present modem/router, a Cisco EPC3928
 MvdV>> does it too. It even uses the same "form" to specify an IPv4
 MvdV>> port forwarding as IPv6 port opening. For each line one can
 MvdV>> choose between IPv4 and IPv6. There are fields for external
 MvdV>> port range, internal IP address, internal port range and
 MvdV>> protocol (TCP, UDP, Both)

 MR> I can understand, that vendors are trying to keep things simple for
 MR> average Joe, but this make-IPv6-fit-into-IPv4-NAT-configuration
 MR> approach makes it more complicated actually.

Indeed. It does not make it simpler for the average Joe. The average Jou will ask "why can't I enter an external port range for IPv6?"


Cheers, Michiel

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