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>reason: to avoid NAT issues with home servers Home servers are not quite as easy as the article makes it sound. Home routers block incoming IPv6 packets, the
by oofabz 5y ago
>reason: to avoid NAT issues with home servers
Home servers are not quite as easy as the article makes it sound. Home routers block incoming IPv6 packets, the same as they do for IPv4. To make a home server accessible, you need to explicitly allow that incoming IPv6 traffic in your router's firewall. This is analogous to adding a port forward rule in IPv4 NAT. The only benefit IPv6 has here is you can use the same port (e.g. SSH) for multiple home servers.
- Dagger2 5y agoIt's not the only benefit, although it is a nice one. Consider how well creating a port forward rule would work if you're behind CGNAT.