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General Discussion / Re: Good and cheap ADSL card for OPNSense
« on: January 23, 2016, 10:11:39 pm »Hi Mattia,
The model I bought from Amazon UK is Version 8.2 of the TD-8817 which proudly sports an IPv6 sticker on the box. I'm switching to a native IPv6 ISP in little over a week, and I'll then be able to test more thoroughly. I am currently using SixXs tunnels, which are of course absolutely fine.
I'm thinking that when the modem is in bridge mode, it won't make any difference anyway. Remember that PPPoE encapsulates Ethernet (layer 2) frames through an IPv4 connection to the ISP. The IPv6 compatibility is therefore between the network card of your OPNsense and the ISP access layer switch.
As far as reliability goes, I originally looked at the Draytek Vigor 120 ADSL modem but was dissuaded by the many reviews about poor lifespan. I have had TP-Link kit before and it has lasted marginally better than average for consumer devices. At 20% of the price of the Vigor, the choice was easy.
Bart...
Hi Bart,
does that mean that it doesn't matter what modem I have, it only depends on the OS which does the PPPoE if I will be able to have IPv6 support?
Anyway. Looking on the descriptions on eBay doesn't help: none of them speak about IPv6 support which suggests that they are the old version.. (Here's the link where I looked for the TD-8817 http://www.ebay.it/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.XTD-8817.TRS0&_nkw=TD-8817&_sacat=0 , I'm from Italy).
If the answer to the question is yes it wouldn't matter anyway; but if the OPNsense box dies again, it would be nice to have working IPv6.
Thanks,
Mattia