Hello
I've swapped isp (hot/hotnet) and now i have ipv6 support which i can't
turn off.
I have a few issues with ipv6:
1. no NAT so all my devices are accessible from outside
2. can't redirect DNS traffic to my DNS server
I thought about adding a firewall, but this way i need a small fast-enough
For best control you should go with the option of splitting the ISP router
to only act as modem, and have a FW like PFsense/OpenSense for the rest
(FW,DHCP 4/6, DNS, ).
and have several wireless APs spread across the house, which act only as AP
base stations. It's a bit more expensive, but it
Hi Erez,
You should be able to disable DHCP on the router, and pass all logic to a
secondary DHCP server.
You can prepend your DNS server as first among DNS servers on each client (also
make sure that your DNS server can answer for ), you can add one line in
/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf (for
All home routers should be able to firewall incoming IPv6 traffic, so
it would be better to just firewall it, instead of disabling.
If you use Hot's modem (hotbox) as a router, then it can do that. At
least in the case of Hotbox2, it does so by default, so you should not
worry about the first issu
as I said, best is a firewall, however GBE capable pfsense HW starts at
1000 NIS + need at least another 200 for an AP,
this 1k NIS i wanted to save if i could find a satisfying solution
however in HOT 4 router i can't disable or firewall ipv6, so i thought a
simple dhcpv6 server could solve my