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ICMPv6 is crucial for the correct working of IPv6. The only router vendor that filters ICMPv6 is NETGEAR - no other router vendor, including open source firmwares, filter out ICMPv6. Many people have...
This still is an issue for the R7000. I've tried alternative firmwares and they do not filter ICMP so it's obviously a problem with the stock firmware. Unfortunately, the alternative firmwares result in a loss of WiFi performance so they are a no go. If this can't be fixed I will need to move on from Netgear products entirely.
microchip8 wrote:
ICMPv6 is crucial for the correct working of IPv6. The only router vendor that filters ICMPv6 is NETGEAR - no other router vendor, including open source firmwares, filter out ICMPv6. Many people have complained about this yet NETGEAR does what it wants and never listens. If NETGEAR's engineers think they know better than the RFC, they should go out and try to buy some clue. Due to this non-comformance, if this doesn't get fixed ASAP, NETGEAR will lose yet another customer like me (and I'm not alone).