Last week I posted the short and easy steps to configure IPv6 using a tunnel from home. It literally takes 5 minutes if you know a few things, so I thought I’d throw a few additional tips out there.
- Don’t forget that the Mac doesn’t do DHCPv6, so configure your DNS manually with the Anycast DNS address that HE gives you.
- If you are using AT&T uVerse, you will need to configure DMZ mode.
- Make sure you use a testing tool. Don’t assume it works.
Configure the AT&T uVerse Router
Navigate to Settings>Firewall>Applications, Pinholes, and DMZ (results may vary depending on the home router you have. This is a 2wire)
Once you get there you’ll see the following page. (Click the images to enlarge them)
Step-1: Select the d-link.
Step-2: Select the radio button “Allow all applications (DMZplus mode) -”
That’s it. You can now establish the tunnel using protocol 41 (dont worry, this happens automatically).
Looking at the D-LINK
To configure the D-LINK just take the info that HE provides and plug it in. I’ve done so in my configuration as seen here:
Then you can verify the tunnel settings as seen below:
Testing and Verification
There are a few ways to test. The obvious ones (if your in IT or a related field) are ping, traceroute and nslookup. You might also try http://test-ipv6.com/.
Here are my results:
Well, that’s it for this installment of “Fun with IPv6.” Next time maybe we’ll set up a Cisco router with a BGP adjacency.
Happy Labbing!
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