> > Josh Moore wrote: > > Tunnels behind a CPE and 4to6 NAT seem like bandaid fixes as they do not give > the benefit of true end to end IPv6 connectivity in the sense of every device > has a one to one global address mapping.
No, tunnels do give you one to one global IPv6 address mapping for every device. From a testing perspective, a tunnelbroker works just as if you had a second IPv6-only ISP. If you're fortunate enough to have a dual-stack ISP already, you can forgo tunneling altogether and just use an IPv6-capable border firewall. William Waites wrote: > I was helping my > friend who likes Apple things connect to the local community > network. He wanted to use an Airport as his home gateway rather than > the router that we normally use. Turns out these things can *only* do > IPv6 with tunnels and cannot do IPv6 on PPPoE. Go figure. So there is > not exactly a clear path to native IPv6 for your lab this way. Nobody is recommending the Apple router as a border firewall. It's terrible for that. But it's a ready-to-go tunnelbroker gateway. If your ISP can't deliver IPv6, tunneling is the clear path to building a lab. If you have a dual-stack ISP already, the clear path is to use an IPv6-capable border firewall. So you are in a maze of non-twisty paths, all alike :)
