On Dec 9, 2013, at 12:32 PM, Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Cutler James R <james.cutler@consultant.com> wrote: ....
I opted for my minimal-effort solution. I installed a Motorola SB6121 and a 5th gen Airport Extreme and turned them on. Of course I configured the Airport Extreme with a name, management password, and confirmed IPv6 was set to to configure Automatically and Native. When the Comcast drop was plugged in and Comcast authorized the modem, I had a multistacked LAN.
Going on 11 months of IPv4/IPv6 service. I’ve had about 1 hour of downtime.
Not having the device, but a friend does (who has asked about IPv6 support), does the Airport Extreme support prefix delegation with a separate guest IPv6 delegation from the non-guest address? When I looked at the Apple forums, I only saw questions, no answers regarding that support.
Gary
My testing on OS X Mavericks shows that an Airport5,117 with firmware 7.6.4 creates the guest wireless network: 1. With an IPv4 address from an automatically assigned RFC1918 LAN connected through NAT to WAN. 2. With NO IPv6 addressing of any kind. My conclusion is that Apple does not yet support IPv6 in any fashion for Wireless Guest networks. James R. Cutler james.cutler@consultant.com
On Mon, 9 Dec 2013, Cutler James R wrote:
My conclusion is that Apple does not yet support IPv6 in any fashion for Wireless Guest networks.
Works for me on 7.7.2 on the latest hardware (802.1ac version with time capsule hdd). PD and everything. -- Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se
On Dec 9, 2013, at 3:37 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se> wrote:
On Mon, 9 Dec 2013, Cutler James R wrote:
My conclusion is that Apple does not yet support IPv6 in any fashion for Wireless Guest networks.
Works for me on 7.7.2 on the latest hardware (802.1ac version with time capsule hdd). PD and everything.
-- Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se
This is not unusual for Apple. Apple often does not support what seem to be firmware improvements on earlier hardware. For example, the first generation GB Ethernet Airport Extreme does not support native IPv6 from the WAN provider. Connection to Comcast IPv6 drove upgrading to the latest and greatest Airport Extreme available at that time. This is disappointing to me as a user but good for me as an Apple stockholder - James R. Cutler james.cutler@consultant.com
On Dec 9, 2013, at 3:51 PM, Cutler James R <james.cutler@consultant.com> wrote:
This is disappointing to me as a user but good for me as an Apple stockholder
I stopped using their [network] hardware and shifted to using real Access-Points do perform that function. They provide too little intelligence when there is trouble, so rebooting becomes standard operating procedure. I went to unifi hardware for my house and have been very happy since. A bit "overkill", but I can ssh in and poke, as well as use the admin webpage to futz with settings and see when the kids wake up and are on the internet at 5am when they should be sleeping. I can setup a 802.1q trunk/vlan and do guestnet with varying levels of access/speed. I do need to install an outdoor unit in the back of the yard to improve coverage there :) - Jared
On Dec 9, 2013, at 4:06 PM, Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net> wrote:
On Dec 9, 2013, at 3:51 PM, Cutler James R <james.cutler@consultant.com> wrote:
This is disappointing to me as a user but good for me as an Apple stockholder
I stopped using their [network] hardware and shifted to using real Access-Points do perform that function.
I support too many people using the Apple Ecosystem to not maintain my own instance. My only third-party tool is a configuration file analysis shell script.
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