Subj : Re: What sense is a tunnel? (was: '-Unpublished-' with speed > 300)
To   : Dan Clough
From : Nick Boel
Date : Sun Nov 09 2025 01:37 pm

Hey Dan!

On Sun, Nov 09 2025 09:54:14 -0600, you wrote:

> Yes, it is always kept up to date.

Then I agree, it's surprising you don't have any obvious settings that would include IPv6. If it is indeed mentioned anywhere, it may start with enabling it prior to it showing you all of the other settings.

> 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

> I think that link says they are using v6 to allow access to *their* 
> *site*, not that it's functioning in their firewall product.

That's exactly what I said with "blogs about they themselves using it". ;)

> I have done further research and confirmed that it is NOT currently 
> available in the firewall.  That does seem strange, but it's backed
> up by the fact that I see no sign of any v6 options/choices in the 
> configuration of the firewall.  :-(

Odd that they boast that they're using it for all of their services, but don't include it in their product. It seems IPFire 3 "is a major rewrite of IPFire 2" and "is at a very early stage of development and there is no definite release date, yet." Which also includes "Full-Stack IPv6 Support". That's a bummer, and kinda wayu behind the times seeing as though most other routers (including store bought) already fully support it.

> I'm gonna learn some more about all this, and am currently pretty
> loaded up with real life/work stuff, so it may wait until after the
> holidays. Thanks for your input/help!
No worries, at least the interest in looking into it is (kinda) there, now!

First step would be to see if it is even there from the ISP, with the possibility of IPFire blocking it from reaching the rest of your network.

Regards,
Nick

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