Subj : What sense is a tunnel? (was: '-Unpublished-' with speed > 300)
To   : Dan Clough
From : Nick Boel
Date : Sat Nov 08 2025 02:31 pm

Hey Dan!

On Sat, 08 Nov 2025 09:07:22 -0600, you wrote:

 >> https://www.cox.com/residential/support/ip-version-6.html
 >>
 >> Get your money's worth! :)

 > Yes, that page would seem to indicate that they *DO* offer IPv6.  I
 > don't see any options/choices for that in the IPFire software
 > (router)... and checking their documentation it doesn't seem to be
 > mentioned.  Hmmm...  Now I'm actually interested in figuring this out.

Do it!

 > Anybody know offhand if IPFire supports IPv6, and how to enable it?
 > I've been using that for years, and am happy with it, and have a lot of
 > filter rules and so on defined, so somewhat reluctant to switch to
 > something else.

Since you say you've been using it for years, have you been updating it over that time?

 > Having said that, any recommendations for alternatives?  I know
 > 'PFsense' is supposed to be good.  I also know about things like
 > OpenWRT, but I believe that runs on an actual commercial router
 > appliance, which might be an option but I'd prefer to run on a small PC.
 > Thoughts and opinions welcome...  :-)

I imagine they would support it, and if they don't (being an open source project) I would be extremely surprised. They seem to have been posting blogs about they themselves using it since 2013 or even earlier:

https://www.ipfire.org/blog/infrastructure-2-ipv6-pushing-the-button

Regards,
Nick

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