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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...
So the fools at DNI (the outsource that develops the firmware for NETGEAR) have added the option "IPv6 Open Filtering" to my RAX43 and R7800 firmware. In reality, what they've done is to allow IPV6 echo requests to pass through so they can pass/fool the tests on IPv6 sites that test for ICMPv6. All the rest of IPV6 is fully blocked on these routers. Very dirty played, indeed.