30 Jan 21 20:20, you wrote to Michiel van der Vlist:
JH> My IPv6 will be down for a little bit. I decided to replace my aging JH> router setup with this fancy Orbi WiFi 6 mesh system. I was doing a JH> lot of research, and of course one the boxes to tick was "IPv6 JH> Support".
JH> While this Orbi DOES support IPv6, what it DOESN'T support is IPv6 JH> port opening/forwarding like my old OnHub did.
I have been always of the opinion that port forwarding is never needed in IPv6 because no NAT is ever involved (and port forwarding is part of the destination NAT technology). If you had IPv6 port forwarding (in the IPv4 way) on some device, please surprise me!
It is also difficult to believe that a fancy router does not have a built-in IPv6 firewall (if a firewall is meant by "port opening").
JH> I'm impressed with the router otherwise, so this was kind of JH> disappointing to find out after getting everything all setup. I'm JH> still deciding whether to take this back and maybe try the Eero Pro 6 JH> instead.
My home MikroTik hAP ac3 does not support NAT or port forwarding in IPv6 (which is expected) but has a nice IPv6 stateful firewall with connection tracking (in fact it's iptables inside). I have eventually moved all my IPv6 tunneling to MikroTik and I'm very happy about it's performance.
