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kwolf
Guide
May 20, 2016
Solved

IPv6 ICMP Filtered

Doing the test on http://ipv6-test.com/ results in "Filtered" for ICMP, even if you disable "port scan and ddos protection" and enable "respond to ping on wan port".   The problem was discussed bef...
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  • Jim769's avatar
    Jim769
    May 21, 2016

    As I have mentioned in other threads here I worked with Netgear for months last year trying to get them to simply stop filtering the ICMP/v6 packets by changing a firewall rule and they have refused saying its a security risk. I don't understand why the network engineers at Netgear don't get that these packets must NOT be filtered for IPv6 to work properly. 

     

    Anyways it became like beating a dead horse and I finally gave up returned the Netgear router and bought an Asus RT-AC3100 and all problems were instantly solved. So the bottom line I doubt there will be any fix for this in the foreseeable future and IPv6 will continue not to work the way it was intended for Netgear routers. If you want or need a router that has real working IPv6 then you will need to buy from a different manufacture.

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JamesGL
NETGEAR Employee Retired
May 30, 2016

Hi Jim769,

 

I would suggest to try the latest firmware and see if it has the same problem. I haven't not seen any feedback from other users that it has the same problem.

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Jim769
Luminary
May 30, 2016
JamesGL wrote:

Hi Jim769,

 

I would suggest to try the latest firmware and see if it has the same problem. I haven't not seen any feedback from other users that it has the same problem.

 

First and foremost i dont own a Netgear router, been there done that. I have not seen any feedback that says it has been fixed. They never fixed it for the last 3 years.