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Re: Getting Started with IPv6 on HughesNet
OK, thanks for the info. Regarding Linode (and digital ocean, etc.) I always keep them locked down pretty good and use SSL for SSH and OpenVPN access. It's pretty shocking to watch the kernel log for iptables ping requests that are dropped.17KViews1like1CommentRe: Getting Started with IPv6 on HughesNet
As a follow up, it appears that HN doesn't even use static v6 addresses. This seems crazy. Wasn't IPv6 supposed to solve / eliminate the need for carrier grade NAT and roaming IP addresses? Both of the below threads are 2+ years old. Has anything changed? https://community.hughesnet.com/t5/Tech-Support/Any-plan-to-make-IPv6-prefixes-static/m-p/22186#M15633 https://community.hughesnet.com/t5/Tech-Support/HT2000W-IPv6-inbound-services/m-p/83342#M5881417KViews0likes4CommentsGetting Started with IPv6 on HughesNet
I've recently had HN installed at my home. It was disappointing to learn that gen5 technology doesn't allow the use of IPv4 based dynamic DNS services, but I guess good for them for embracing the future. With past ISP's I've always been able to point a dynamic DNS service to my home router and set up access to my home devices from the road (like SSH, cameras, file sharing, etc.). The less-than-desirable solution I've implemented for now is to have a host on my home network connect as a client to an OpenVPN server that I have running on a virtual private server (Linode). That host pushes my home network through the VPN and I can get to everything through that. My knowledge of IPv6 is basically nil, and I've tried multiple times to contact HN tech support to help with remote access to my hughes net modem. The support techs rarely know what I'm talking about and can't understand what I'm trying to do. Does anyone that has successfully set up access through their public-facing IPv6 WAN address have resources on how to set this up? The HT2000 modem does claim to show a WAN IPv4 address (which is meaningless) and a WAN IPv6 address, but the v6 address shown is a fd0d:: Unique Local Address, which in my limited understanding is just a private subnet address. What am I missing? Do I need to forget about a WAN IP for the modem and just worry about the individual host's v6 address? How will traffic reach the host if it's behind a fd0d:: private subnet? Thanks for any pointers. -MattSolved17KViews0likes9Comments