RussellInCincinnati
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Am experimenting with ipv6. Windows 7 client to RT-AC68u Merlin router, latest (2015 Jan) _50beta firmware. When ipv4 protocol is UNchecked in Win 7 network adapter properties, can navigate properly to ipv6 sites on the internet. An ipV6 test site everything is fine.
An ipConfig command from Windows command line, shows that my default gateway is some long ipv6 address. Can ping to that default gateway address no problem.
The only thing done to make ipV6 work in Merlin was setting the ipV6 page first option to "native", from "disabled".
But when ipv4 is unchecked, can't see how to get to Merlin GUI from a web browser. Can the Merlin GUI be reached through Chrome running on a Windows 7 client that only has the ipv6 protocol enabled? And my Samba shares of course have disappeared, and the router has disappeared from my Win 7 network neighborhood.
Does this all have something to do with the fact that my router is part of my "workgroup" but not part of my Win 7 "homegroup"? Hmm, is there some way to get a Merlin router and its USB devices to show up in an ipv6 or whatever "homegroup"?
For extra credit, anyone know how to get the max MTU beyond 1500 from the Busybox router prompt? That is to say, setting Merlin Switch Control page option to "Jumbo frames" does not seem to do anything (and linux prompt "ifconfig" shows br0 interface to still have an MTU of 1500). Even though my client Intel network adapter with latest drivers clearly is supporting 9000 byte jumbo frames, as set through the Intel adapter properties and also verified through a Windows command line "netsh" command.
An ipConfig command from Windows command line, shows that my default gateway is some long ipv6 address. Can ping to that default gateway address no problem.
The only thing done to make ipV6 work in Merlin was setting the ipV6 page first option to "native", from "disabled".
But when ipv4 is unchecked, can't see how to get to Merlin GUI from a web browser. Can the Merlin GUI be reached through Chrome running on a Windows 7 client that only has the ipv6 protocol enabled? And my Samba shares of course have disappeared, and the router has disappeared from my Win 7 network neighborhood.
Does this all have something to do with the fact that my router is part of my "workgroup" but not part of my Win 7 "homegroup"? Hmm, is there some way to get a Merlin router and its USB devices to show up in an ipv6 or whatever "homegroup"?
For extra credit, anyone know how to get the max MTU beyond 1500 from the Busybox router prompt? That is to say, setting Merlin Switch Control page option to "Jumbo frames" does not seem to do anything (and linux prompt "ifconfig" shows br0 interface to still have an MTU of 1500). Even though my client Intel network adapter with latest drivers clearly is supporting 9000 byte jumbo frames, as set through the Intel adapter properties and also verified through a Windows command line "netsh" command.
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