How to configure an OpenWrt 10.03 router to forward an IPv6 connection to the clients?

Question

So I have a TL-WR1043ND router with OpenWrt 10.03 on it. I have clients connected to it through the LAN ports. My ISP provides me a /64 IPv6 block, and I'm using PPPoE authentication.

How can I configure this "average" set-up? (IPv6 day is coming! :) ) so that the connecting clients can use (visit sites over) IPv6 and IPv4 too? (no I don't want to use any tunneling)

Answer 1

Have a look at the IPv6 HowTo on the OpenWRT wiki. It's a pretty good starting point. I'm not going to give a detailed guide here, but a point-form summary of the broad steps to take.

First, choose a static IPv6 address from the /64 block your ISP gave you, and assign that address to the LAN side of your OpenWrt router.

Next, install and configure radvd in OpenWrt, to advertise itself as the default route and DNS resolver to LAN clients (clients should be configured to use IPv6 Stateless Autoconfiguration, unless you prefer to use static IPs, or DHCPv6).

And finally, configure firewall rules (remember that there is no NAT in IPv6, so it is essential to have a stateful firewall to prevent outside hosts from initiating unwanted connections to hosts inside your LAN).