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Chapter 10
Customize Your Network Settings
10. 6. Set Up the IPv6 Tunnel
The IPv6 Tunnel feature helps you obtain IPv6 resources based on an IPv4 WAN
connection or vice versa.
IPv6 Tunnel is a transition mechanism that enables IPv6-only hosts to reach IPv4
services or vice versa and allows isolated IPv6 hosts and networks to reach each other
over IPv4-only infrastructure before IPv6 completely supplants IPv4. It is a temporary
solution for networks that do not support native dual-stack, where both IPv6 and IPv4
run independently.
The router provides three tunneling mechanisms: 6to4, 6rd and DS-Lite. The methods
of setting up 6rd and DS-Lite tunnel are similar.
10. 6. 1. Use the Public IPv6 Tunnel Service-6to4
The 6to4 tunnel is a kind of public service. If there are any 6to4 servers on your network,
you can use this mechanism to access IPv6 service. If your ISP provides you with an
IPv4-only connection but you want to visit IPv6 websites, you can try to set up a 6to4
tunnel.
Set up the IPv6 tunnel though my ISP doesn’t provide me with
the tunnel service.
1. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the password you
set for the router.
2. Go to Advanced > Network > IPv6 Tunnel.
3. Enable IPv6 Tunnel, and select 6to4 as the tunneling
mechanism and select a WAN connection from the drop-
down list, then click Save.
Note:
If there is no available WAN connection to choose, make sure you have
connected to the internet and the connection type is not Bridge.
Now you can visit the IPv6 websites with the 6to4 tunnel.
Note:
If you still can’t access IPv6 resources, it may means that no 6to4 public server was found in your network. You can
contact your ISP to sign up for IPv6 connection service.
I want to:
How can I
do that?
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