On 09/10/2010 04:59 AM, James Knott wrote:
Felix Miata wrote:
I don't see how a switch to IPV6 could happen in the short term. It's really hard to find any reference to IPV6 in product searches. When I try combining IPV6 with either 8-port or gigabit I come up empty virtually every time. I did find a very few products, but at affordable pricing with only 4 wired LAN ports, and nothing with more than 4 at any price resembling affordable. -- I haven't seen any 8 port IPv6 routers, but then again I haven't looked either. Consumer level 8 port routers tend to be scarce. However, unless you've got an extremely fast internet connection, you don't need a gigabit router. It might be easier to just put a gigabit switch ahead of the router. Even on commercial installations, when using gigabit switches, I've always used a separate router. I did one job, about 1.5 years ago, with a total of 120 gigiabit ports, but the router was only capable of 100 Mb and connected to a cable modem that was only capable of 10 Mb.
Hi James, I came across this link as I was searching for consumer-grade IPv6: <http://gpshead.blogspot.com/2009/01/consumer-router-ipv6-firewall-fail.html> The Linksys wrt610n silently supports 6-to-4 IPv6 but doesn't firewall it! Apparently none of the Netgear products do IPv6 except for the WNR3500L which allows user installation of open-source software (DD-WRT). I actually have this router, but am using only the Netgear firmware. I think I'll purchase another one and try playing around with it. Those folks who are fluent in IPv6 will become valuable in the coming years... Regards, Lew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org