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IPv6 Filtering - open or secure?
The Orbi 970 settings under IPv6 has a new setting - "IPv6 filtering". Two choices are Open or Secure, it came default as secure. Anyone know anything about this, and which may be preferred when?...
I believe that maybe the same Filtering or NAT Filtering that's seen under the IPv4 section under Advanced Tab/Setup/Wan Setup. Changes the type of NAT filter from Full Cone NAT to Port Restricted NAT, strict being the more secure of the two. (Use your fancy googler if you wanna know more about types of NAT there are.)
I did research and testing years ago for the gaming community and gamers having problems getting OPEN NAT status that is desired for gamers and gaming. Found that having two or more of the same gaming systems connected and online at the same time caused one of the devices to not get OPEN NAT. Setting the NAT Filter to OPEN, both game devices would then get OPEN NAT.
Not all Mfrs have this same NAT Filter or let users adjust it.
Otherwise, use at your discretion and mostly for gaming when needed.
Thanks FURRYe38 ! I left it set to Secure. That way, months from now when something weird happens I'll have no idea why and I can search for hours before remembering this lol! (PS - not a gamer; PPS - I thought I read that with it 'open' there could be access from the outside to the user's IPv6 network)