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IPv6 in AP mode on wax206
Does IPv6 at least work in AP mode (which should just be bridging) on the WAX206. I was intending to use something else as a router and use this as an AP but needed it as a router temporarily while ...
plemans wrote:
I don't have that specific device but all my other routers, when setup in AP mode (if primary router is managing ipv6) get ipv6 addresses. I've got a WAX218 and that one does the same.
Yes, the beauty of SLAAC or DHCPv6 probably. However, it appears CurtisV is looking for IPv6 routing capabilities when I read the fine print correct.
Actually I was looking for a short term router solution while I unpacked my home office boxes and then reconfig my FreeBSD SBC to work with Spectrum residential having been previously set up for Comcast business (fixed addresses).
The WAX206 does act as a bridge in AP mode and therefore pass all IPv4 and IPv6 and anything else with an Ethernet MAC header as the link layer (as it should as an AP).
For me IPv6 is essential so I could have found a cheap AP with one 2.4G and one 5G rather than a non-functional router with up 6 radios (3 each 2.4G and 5G). Not that this was expensive though.
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