Subj : Re: Connect...??
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Sat Jan 14 2017 08:31:00

-=> Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 MvV> Same here. In my cable modem/router IPv4 port forwarding and IPv6 port
 MvV> unblocking are done on the same page in the web interface. There are 9
 MvV> fields:

Mine has separate pages, but uses (incorrectly) "port forwarding" terminology
for IPv6.

 MvV> I don't like this way of presenting it. It is indeed dumbing things
 MvV> down and it creates confusion for both the experienced and the dummies.
 MvV> H‚, why can't I enter external addresses and ports for IPv6?

Join the club.  It would have been better to have the IPv6 filtering as part of
the "firewall" settings, where you can allow and block traffic to hosts, ports
and protocols, since that is what is happening on IPv6.

 TL> So, when you're using IPv6, an extra constraint is that the host needs
 TL> to be listening on the same port that the public sees

 MvV> Indeed, but explain that to a newbie... Considering IPv4 and IPv6 are
 MvV> on the same page named "port forwarding".

Exactly!

 TL> (My router only has a single field for the port in IPv6).

 MvV> Here I can enter a port range, but only one set for IPv6. For IPv4
 MvV> there is an external and an internal range. (Which must be of equal
 MvV> size of course).

I think I can enter a range, has been ages since I've tweaked my IPv6 firewall.
:)


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