Re: The point is to change it: Was: IPv4 depletion makes CNN

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Alternate email client usage fail. My apologies.

				Ned

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> On 2010-06-02 07:36, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Ned Freed<ned.freed@xxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> >
> >> As I've stated previously, I believe the main piece that's missing is a
> >> SOHO-grade router that has full IPv6 support, 6to4 support, full
> >> IPv4/NAT/firewall support, plus a readonably intuitive GUI to administer it
> >> all. If such a product exists I continue to be unaware of it.
> >>
> >>                                 Ned
> >
> > That is my conclusion as well.

> D-link Dir 825

> http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=DIR-825

> real firewall knobs, ipv6 in the gui etc... It think all their
> "high-end" home router small business devices are getting features as
> they get replaced.

> I have one deployed, screenshot is here:

> http://www.flickr.com/photos/joelja/4663980030/

This box may have adequate IPv6 support. (Or it may not - several people have
raised issues with it's capabilities. Personally, I lack sufficient operational
experience with IPv6 to know one way or the other.)

But it's severely deficient in terms of IPv4/NAT/firewall capabilities. In
particular, while it has decent NATPT support, there is no indication it cannot
handle multiple WAN-side IPv4 addresses and/or 1:1 NAT. The firewall is,
according to several reviews I've seen, inadequate on the IPV6 side.

This puts it in the same category as the Apple Airport line and the Linksys
RVS4000 - probably adequate for personal home use. But in no way, shape or form
adequate for SOHO use. I was very clear I was talking about the latter, not the
former.

> now would people please stop on this subject, the manufacturers know how
> to build this stuff.

I'm waiting for an existence proof of the truth of this statement. So far I
haven't seen one. The closest I've seen so far is the Sonicwall TZ line, but
while it's very capable on the IPv4/NAT/firewall side of things, it's IPv6
support appears inadequate - no 6to4, no IPv6 firewall capabilities, etc.

				Ned
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