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sparhawk765
Tutor
Aug 08, 2016
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Status of IPv6 Firewall configuration on R7000

Hi there.   I have been looking through some old and semirecent threads about the ability to configure the IPv6 firewall in the R7000.   Unfortunatly my router is way passed the support-life so I...
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  • sparhawk765's avatar
    sparhawk765
    Oct 25, 2016

    Hi there.

     

    Since the software in the R700o doesnt allow me to configure inbound firewall rules for IPv6 I solved my problem by getting other router which does and just run the R7000 as an AP. Not the most optimal but at least it works.

     

    So no, consider this case closed.

     

    // Mattias

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JamesGL
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Oct 24, 2016

Hi sparhawk765,

 

We’d greatly appreciate hearing your feedback letting us know if you need further assistance.

 

JamesGL
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sparhawk765's avatar
sparhawk765
Tutor
Oct 25, 2016

Hi there.

 

Since the software in the R700o doesnt allow me to configure inbound firewall rules for IPv6 I solved my problem by getting other router which does and just run the R7000 as an AP. Not the most optimal but at least it works.

 

So no, consider this case closed.

 

// Mattias

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    microchip8
    Master
    Oct 25, 2016

    you could just have loaded Tomato on it instead of throwing money at the problem. Tomato supports what you need in IPv6