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Do you know about Hurricane Electric's free IPv6 tunnel broker? www.tunnelbroker.com. I have used it for a very long time, and it has been very stable and relia
by KA9Q 6y ago
Do you know about Hurricane Electric's free IPv6 tunnel broker? www.tunnelbroker.com. I have used it for a very long time, and it has been very stable and reliable. The only technical requirement is that you have control of a globally routable IPv4 address where you can set up a tunnel endpoint. I.e., "carrier grade NAT" (a contradiction in terms) won't suffice.
I still use HE's tunnel even though Spectrum Cable has provided good native IPv6 service for several years. Ping times over HE are just as good as native Spectrum, probably because everybody peers at the same place in Los Angeles.
The only problem with HE is that Netflix is clamping down on VPNs, and they consider a HE tunnel to be a VPN. So my home router advertises the native Spectrum prefix with a higher priority than the HE prefix.
My own frustration with IPv6 is that virtually no public hotspots support it. My Verizon phone does, so I often use it as a hotspot even when public WiFi is available.
- DaiPlusPlus 6y ago> Do you know about Hurricane Electric's free IPv6 tunnel broker? I was aware of it, but I could swear that I heard news a couple of years ago that they shut it down due to decreased demand, but thank you for letting me know it's still running. I'll see if I can use it!
- davidbild 6y agoUnfortunately, streaming sites like Netflix block access from HE tunnels, because they could be used to skirt around region controls (like VPNs). My ISP (RCN in Chicago) doesn't support IPv6 either. I tried HE, but ran into the above issue. Now I'm seriously considering getting an IPv6 block directly from ARIN (and paying the few hundred a year fees) to use with HE tunnels, to work around the Netflix block. Would love to find a cheaper solution though.
- p1mrx 6y agoSixXS is the one that shut down: https://www.sixxs.net/main/ https://www.sixxs.net/main/