[GTALUG] NAT [was Re: Linux hardening question]

[James Knott]

On 07/03/2017 01:44 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
> | > I'm not sure why I don't get IPv6 from Rogers.  I intend to look into
> | > that -- probably I've misconfigured something on my gateway (a PC
> | > running CentOS 7; the cable modem is running in bridge mode).
> | 
> | Call Rogers.  IPv6 is available to everyone, but some modems may have to
> | be replaced.  If you use a separate router, it has to support DHCPv6-PD,
> | as that's how the prefix is assigned.  I use a refurb computer running
> | pfSense.
>
> I just assume that dhclient knows how to do this.  But I'll have to
> look into it.
>
> My service is new (a month or two) and so my modem must be up to date.
> I'm just using it as a modem, not a router.
>
> Anyway, my starting point is seeing if my system is doing anything
> wrong before I ask Rogers

You can try connecting a computer directly to the modem.  It should get
an IPv6 address.