Diversion Diversion - the Router Ad-Blocker

[Skeptical.me]

I've noticed IPv6 is being used by my ISP now, as well as various VPN services I use. Is it worth enabling IPv6 in my router and Diversion? Are many sites on the internet using IPv6 addresses with their domains?

 

[Skeptical.me]

Unbound + Diversion doing the magic here.

What are the benefits of using Unbound with Diversion over just using Diversion?

 

[L&LD]

I find the internet much faster with IPv6 enabled (Native, on my ISP).

The technical answer to your question is 'Lots!'.

Unbound = Fast!

 

[Skeptical.me]

I find the internet much faster with IPv6 enabled (Native, on my ISP).

The technical answer to your question is 'Lots!'.

Unbound = Fast!

I was after a technical answer ha, thanks

 

[Treadler]

What are the benefits of using Unbound with Diversion over just using Diversion?

‘Snappier’ web surfing here.

Obvious benefit is having your own recursive resolver (Stubby not integrated) rather than using one that is further away.

 

[dave14305]

I was after a technical answer ha, thanks

Technically, there is no change to Diversion performance because Diversion and dnsmasq still block the domains before requests get sent to the upstream WAN DNS servers. With Unbound, the upstream DNS server now runs on the router instead of out in the public Internet.

 

[Treadler]

I've noticed IPv6 is being used by my ISP now, as well as various VPN services I use. Is it worth enabling IPv6 in my router and Diversion? Are many sites on the internet using IPv6 addresses with their domains?

I have IPv6 enabled, doubles the size of the Diversion blocking list, but no ill effects here.
Ultimately, IPv6 is what the world is moving to.

 

[dave14305]

I've noticed IPv6 is being used by my ISP now, as well as various VPN services I use. Is it worth enabling IPv6 in my router and Diversion? Are many sites on the internet using IPv6 addresses with their domains?

I posted a thread on this a while back:
Pros/Cons of enabling IPv6

In the end, I've enabled it a couple times, but usually end up disabling it because I find it easier to keep track of IPv4 addresses in my head, and I don't think Diversion and Skynet stats deal with IPv6 addresses nicely (I've never left it enabled long enough to test that theory).

 

[L&LD]

I enabled IPv6 almost a couple of years ago (or is it longer, already?) when my ISP enabled it.

I haven't seen any major, show-stopping issues and have been running most of the available scripts since.

The speed benefits of IPv6 when up and running outweigh the slightly longer time it takes to boot up using it.

I'm not too worried about the cons because of the fast and great support this forum offers.

 

[L&LD]

@Skeptical.me my take is I enabled IPv6 and eventually gave away all devices that didn't work properly with it enabled.

I've never had to restore because of IPv6 issues I'm aware of.

But I have had a ton of issues with IPv4. How do I disable that in the router?

 

[Skeptical.me]

@Skeptical.me my take is I enabled IPv6 and eventually gave away all devices that didn't work properly with it enabled.

I've never had to restore because of IPv6 issues I'm aware of.

But I have had a ton of issues with IPv4. How do I disable that in the router?

If I do enable IPv6 what setting would I use, native, static, pass-through?

 

[Treadler]

If I do enable IPv6 what setting would I use, native, static, pass-through?

ISP dependant.
Try ‘Native’ & see how you go. (You won’t break anything). The displayed defaults should be fine.
Set the IPv6 dns to whatever is your preference.
On ‘firewall’ page, turn on ipv6 firewall.
After you hit ‘apply’ on those, you may need to reboot?

 

[L&LD]

In addition to what @Treadler suggests above, you may also need to turn off your modem/ONT for at least 10 minutes (an hour is my 'coffee-break' minimum from the internet when this is needed, I can't afford to try 10 minutes, 15, 20, 30, etc. minutes until one works when I'm with a customer).

After 15 minutes to an hour of successfully enabling IPv6 with the recommended ISP settings and the reboot above, I would reboot the router and all 'important' client devices too one final time for the most stable IPv6 enabled experience.

 

[Treadler]

If I do enable IPv6 what setting would I use, native, static, pass-through?

& another thing, some Australian ISP’s that have IPv6, require that you enable it within your customer portal. (This May not apply to you).

 

[Skeptical.me]

& another thing, some Australian ISP’s that have IPv6, require that you enable it within your customer portal. (This May not apply to you).

I'm with Telstra, I'm not sure. I should find out, actually.

I still haven't enabled it yet, I'm upgrading to 384.15 and Unbound first.

 

[dave14305]

Getting off-topic for Diversion.

 

[Skeptical.me]

Getting off-topic for Diversion.

oops, sorry

 

[martinr]

Getting off-topic for Diversion.

A diversion from Diversion.

 

[XIII]

You might be right, as NextDNS 1.4.27 unfortunately still broke Diversion/Entware at reboot.

@Olivier Poitrey Can you please have a look?

Hm. I had to reboot my router today (due to an outage at my ISP) and Diversion/pixelserv-tls are fine now.

(don't know why NextDNS interfered with them the previous boot, after a firmware update)

 

[SomeWhereOverTheRainBow]

Hm. I had to reboot my router today (due to an outage at my ISP) and Diversion/pixelserv-tls are fine now.

(don't know why NextDNS interfered with them the previous boot, after a firmware update)

well tbh you really don't need both of them if you intend to use nextdns. -- unless you plan on not paying nextdns for blocking ads and other special services. (which is counter productive to using it).