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@pswired wrote: Yes, if you have a way to use a dynamic DNS service to update your IPv6 address, that will work. However, the DDNS client in my Hikvision DVR doesn't appear to be IPv6 enabled.    Thanks 🙂   My Hikvision DVR seems to have the IPv6 settings, but they are greyed out. I'll have to see if they can be enabled. ... View more

@pswired wrote: Basically, this is not possible on Gen5 as it currently stands. Configuring the IPv4 inbound port forwards required for a conventional DVR (Hikvision, etc.) will not work due to the CGN layer added to the Gen5 network. Your router's "public" IP is not a public Internet routable IP address.   Hughes does assign a public, routable, IPv6 block to your LAN, but it changes so often that it's useless. Dynamic DNS infrastructure for IPv6 isn't really much of a thing because customer issued IPv6 blocks aren't supposed to change. We're kind of in a pickle until (if ever) Hughes prevents the customer IPv6 blocks from changing.   The solution here is to use a camera system that connects to a cloud service (Ring, Nest Cam, etc.).   So if I switch the network to IPv6 and use a product like Dynamic DNS to 'make' it a static IP I should be able to connect to the cameras?   ... View more