Subj : IPv6 addresses in nodelist
To   : Nicholas Boel
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Mon Aug 19 2013 14:42:47

Hello Nicholas,

On Monday August 19 2013 06:22, you wrote to me:

 MV>> A firewall supporting IPv6 is certainly recommended. I have
 MV>> installed OpenWrt on an old Linksys WRT54GL.
[..]

 NB> I'm using the exact same router, though I have DD-WRT installed on it,
 NB> which does have the IPv6 support, just no firewall for it. That's not
 NB> too bothersome, since I eventually want the functionality of ip6tables
 NB> anyways, but yeah, you definitely went an easier route -- and I may
 NB> just go that route if I'm too lazy to configure ip6tables.

If you want to switch to OpenWrt, here is the binary that runs here:

http://www.vlist.eu/downloads/openwrt-wrt54g-squashfs-r25759.bin

Honesty compells me tell that I did not compile it myself. Some guy in the Netherlands did...

 MV>> It has been running for almost three years now.

 NB> Definitely my favorite router. I could have chosen a fancy new
 NB> wireless-N router, but bleh.. the WRT54GL is just so stable that I'll
 NB> have to wait until it doesn't work anymore.

It is very stable indeed. Never had to reset it.

But I realise it won't last forever and some day it may die or I may run into it's limitations and need something more powerful. Ah well, we will cross that bridge when we get to it.

 MV>> I wrote a couple of fidonews articles about it.

 NB> A very good read, I might add. :)

Thanks. ;-)


Cheers, Michiel

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