gigabit over ipv4?

[Scruffy90]

I just realized I can't use Ipv6 and openVPN directly on my router at the same time (router kicks back an error). Are there routers that allow for gigabit over ipv4 or would it make more sense to set up openVPN as a host on a computer(No clue how to do this)?

[DXMember]

IP version has nothing to do with bandwidth

[Scruffy90]

16 minutes ago, DXMember said:

IP version has nothing to do with bandwidth

On some routers it does. My router is capped at 450mbps when on ipv4, but hits gigabit on ipv6. This seems to be a complaint with a lot of routers i've looked at.

 

EDIT - Seems to be a firmware limitation on netgear routers.

[brwainer]

12 minutes ago, Scruffy90 said:

On some routers it does. My router is capped at 450mbps when on ipv4, but hits gigabit on ipv6. This seems to be a complaint with a lot of routers i've looked at.

 

EDIT - Seems to be a firmware limitation on netgear routers.

IPv6 normally operates without NAT - meaning that nearly all of the processor and memory intensive work for routing a packet is not being done. There isn't inherently anything faster for IPv6 other than not needing to use NAT.

[Marshnt]

On 7/30/2017 at 10:51 AM, brwainer said:

IPv6 normally operates without NAT - meaning that nearly all of the processor and memory intensive work for routing a packet is not being done. There isn't inherently anything faster for IPv6 other than not needing to use NAT.

IPV6 will still go through NAT and first has to be encapsulated in a IPV4 packet then go through NAT. The internet still runs on IPV4.

[brwainer]

31 minutes ago, Marshnt said:

IPV6 will still go through NAT and first has to be encapsulated in a IPV4 packet then go through NAT. The internet still runs on IPV4.

if the ISP only provides an IPv6 public IP, then such a translation to IPv4 will happen on the ISP's equipment, not at the local router.

[Marshnt]

1 minute ago, brwainer said:

if the ISP only provides an IPv6 public IP, then such a translation to IPv4 will happen on the ISP's equipment, not at the local router.

Not likely a ISP would be using IPV6 and IPV4 at the same time

[Donut417]

I know for a fact Comcast dual stacks IP's. I get a v4 and v6 address. 

[Falconevo]

You need something that is able to NAT at 1Gbit/s line speeds, for that I would look at using your own custom hardware and opensource router OS.  Vyatta, pfSense, ClearOS ,VyOS etc etc..

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_router_and_firewall_distributions

 

Find one that best suits your needs, put your ISP's modem in bridge mode and use something suitable

[Scruffy90]

20 hours ago, Marshnt said:

Not likely a ISP would be using IPV6 and IPV4 at the same time

I get IPV6 and IPV4 from Verizon

 

8 hours ago, Falconevo said:

You need something that is able to NAT at 1Gbit/s line speeds, for that I would look at using your own custom hardware and opensource router OS.  Vyatta, pfSense, ClearOS ,VyOS etc etc..

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_router_and_firewall_distributions

 

Find one that best suits your needs, put your ISP's modem in bridge mode and use something suitable

At this point, i'm just hoping my router doesnt crap out before this gets going. I'm probably going to use older hardware to run a router OS. Just need more free time before I tackle something like this.