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#2065122 30-Jul-2018 17:50

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I now have IPv6 set up on my router, I think... Does anyone here use IPv6 with an Asus router? I have a RT-AC86U and it appears to be working, i.e. I get a pass if I go to https://ipv6test.google.com/ or http://ipv6-test.com/. But now I'm wondering, what next? I'm not quite sure how to use the IPv6 firewall on the router, nor how to assign IPv6 addresses to my devices?

Learning as I go... devices on my LAN are now picking up IPv6 addresses from the router in the correct range - still not sure if these are permanent or if they'll change. And using the IPv6 Firewall on the router I have exposed port 443 to one device on which I have Nginx listening only on the IPv6 interface, and it all works. I guess this also means I can expose multiple devices listening on port 443 without having to deal with the restrictions you get with NAT and IPv4.

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#2065418 31-Jul-2018 08:49

amanzi:

amanzi:

I now have IPv6 set up on my router, I think... Does anyone here use IPv6 with an Asus router? I have a RT-AC86U and it appears to be working, i.e. I get a pass if I go to https://ipv6test.google.com/ or http://ipv6-test.com/. But now I'm wondering, what next? I'm not quite sure how to use the IPv6 firewall on the router, nor how to assign IPv6 addresses to my devices?

Learning as I go... devices on my LAN are now picking up IPv6 addresses from the router in the correct range - still not sure if these are permanent or if they'll change. And using the IPv6 Firewall on the router I have exposed port 443 to one device on which I have Nginx listening only on the IPv6 interface, and it all works. I guess this also means I can expose multiple devices listening on port 443 without having to deal with the restrictions you get with NAT and IPv4.

Heya @amanzi,

If you're passing the IPv6 tests, then you're set!
From here, (for anyone!), I'd recommended looking over your firewall to ensure it's protecting you - most have a inside->outside policy by default, which suits most households.

As you're after specific outside->inside policies, you will want to set the IP address on the servers manually to ensure they don't change.
You can set it to it's current assignment, as IPv6 has Duplicate address detection (DAD) to prevent double ups.

You are correct in thinking that you'll need to expose multiple devices on port 443 - as there is no NAT in your IPv6 configuration (it's possible, but I wouldn't recommend it - it defeats the purpose of IPv6 dual stack!)

HTH.

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