September 20, 2025Sep 20 So today i made 3BB remove me from behind CG-NAT, and I got a public IPv4. So far so good. But in the process they removed my IPv6 allocation, it’s not there in the router anymore, empty. 🤔 Can I not have both? Anyone experienced this?
September 21, 2025Sep 21 15 hours ago, TommyL727 said: So today i made 3BB remove me from behind CG-NAT, and I got a public IPv4. Can I ask how you "made" them and did you have to pay for a fixed IP?
September 21, 2025Sep 21 2 hours ago, topt said: Can I ask how you "made" them and did you have to pay for a fixed IP? Can't answer for the OP but when I needed a public IP with 3BB about 5 years ago, I called them and asked for it. I believe the additional charge was 200bt/month at that time.
September 21, 2025Sep 21 17 hours ago, TommyL727 said: So today i made 3BB remove me from behind CG-NAT, and I got a public IPv4. So far so good. But in the process they removed my IPv6 allocation, it’s not there in the router anymore, empty. 🤔 Can I not have both? Anyone experienced this? I talked to my ISP about security. WiFi 6 has improved security which is the main thing you get from WiFi 6. However I checked on my router and the security is less. I called them and no one could or would answer my question. They all talk a good talk regarding the variations but it appears none of them actually understand the advantages of each varient
September 21, 2025Sep 21 21 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said: I talked to my ISP about security. WiFi 6 has improved security which is the main thing you get from WiFi 6. However I checked on my router and the security is less. I called them and no one could or would answer my question. They all talk a good talk regarding the variations but it appears none of them actually understand the advantages of each varient WiFi 6 or 802.11ax is completely different to IPv6 - which may have confused them........ If your router is set up for it (IPv6) you would normally here get it automatically except unfortunately True only give a slash 64 as standard to consumers which makes it less useful.
September 22, 2025Sep 22 On 9/20/2025 at 2:51 PM, TommyL727 said: But in the process they removed my IPv6 allocation, Not a bad thing. IPv6 has privacy issues.
September 22, 2025Sep 22 Author On 9/21/2025 at 12:56 PM, topt said: Can I ask how you "made" them and did you have to pay for a fixed IP? I called them and asked if they could remove me from CG-NAT because apparently I have some cameras that needed access from the outside…which I may or may not have 😬 I didnt mention anything about my servers as i have no clue about their policies regarding that. Its not fixed, only dynamic public. I use dyndns in opnsense so it doesnt matter that much to me. They did not say anything about extra payment.
September 22, 2025Sep 22 Author 7 hours ago, KhunHeineken said: Not a bad thing. IPv6 has privacy issues. I guess you are right. Probably not gonna use it as long as I have a public IPv4 anyway. Case closed for now 😃
September 22, 2025Sep 22 Author On 9/21/2025 at 3:33 PM, Photoguy21 said: I talked to my ISP about security. WiFi 6 has improved security which is the main thing you get from WiFi 6. However I checked on my router and the security is less. I called them and no one could or would answer my question. They all talk a good talk regarding the variations but it appears none of them actually understand the advantages of each varient Are you talking about wpa2 vs wpa3? I needed to change it myself to wpa3 because the installer had it set to wpa2… you can have wifi 6 or wifi 7 with both…so security doesnt really have anything to do with wifi version. It has to do with what wpa type you use. If you log in to your router you can probably change it there.
September 23, 2025Sep 23 On 9/21/2025 at 4:00 PM, topt said: WiFi 6 or 802.11ax is completely different to IPv6 - which may have confused them........ If your router is set up for it (IPv6) you would normally here get it automatically except unfortunately True only give a slash 64 as standard to consumers which makes it less useful. It also makes the use of Wi-Fi 6 a waste. The biggest take away from Wi-Fi 6 is the security which they do not give you
September 23, 2025Sep 23 21 hours ago, TommyL727 said: Are you talking about wpa2 vs wpa3? I needed to change it myself to wpa3 because the installer had it set to wpa2… you can have wifi 6 or wifi 7 with both…so security doesnt really have anything to do with wifi version. It has to do with what wpa type you use. If you log in to your router you can probably change it there. It has to be set up at both ends.
September 23, 2025Sep 23 Author 4 hours ago, Photoguy21 said: It has to be set up at both ends. Im not following…wpa? The user end doesnt need any setup. If it supports the wpa type it just uses that automatically…ive never had to setup both ends. Maybe Im misunderstanding.
September 23, 2025Sep 23 46 minutes ago, TommyL727 said: Im not following…wpa? The user end doesnt need any setup. If it supports the wpa type it just uses that automatically…ive never had to setup both ends. Maybe Im misunderstanding. On Win 10 in network and Sharing Centre - click on your connection, click Wireless Properties and go to the security tab and you can set Security type and possibly encryption and the password. Under security type I have about 4 different settings I could choose. Whether they get set anyway based on the connection I am not sure. On my Android phones it seems to be set based on what it is connected to. However since the poster replied to your thread on IPv6 about WiFi 6 I really wouldn't worry
September 23, 2025Sep 23 5 hours ago, Photoguy21 said: It also makes the use of Wi-Fi 6 a waste. The biggest take away from Wi-Fi 6 is the security which they do not give you I suggest you actually look into wifi 6 properly. Its potential biggest benefit is the extra bandwidth it generates. https://www.networkcomputing.com/wireless-networking/what-is-wi-fi-6-802-11ax-how-fast-is-it-and-what-are-its-benefits It supports WPA3 but so does older technology. It has been around for more than a few years. If your router does not support it ask to have it changed or perhaps even change supplier - or buy and use your own router in between.......
September 24, 2025Sep 24 19 hours ago, TommyL727 said: Im not following…wpa? The user end doesnt need any setup. If it supports the wpa type it just uses that automatically…ive never had to setup both ends. Maybe Im misunderstanding. It is the security for your link. Prior to 5 G the security was WPA2. To explain this lets assume on your network there are 5 people using the connection. With WPA2 which comes with 4G, all the connections are bundled into a single encrypted channel. If one connection is compromised all the connections are compromised. With 5G the major take away is the security. Again, 5 people using the same router. One connection is compromised. Now with WPA3 only the one connection is compromised, the other connections are still secure. I trust that explains it to you
September 24, 2025Sep 24 18 hours ago, topt said: I suggest you actually look into wifi 6 properly. Its potential biggest benefit is the extra bandwidth it generates. https://www.networkcomputing.com/wireless-networking/what-is-wi-fi-6-802-11ax-how-fast-is-it-and-what-are-its-benefits It supports WPA3 but so does older technology. It has been around for more than a few years. If your router does not support it ask to have it changed or perhaps even change supplier - or buy and use your own router in between....... Older technology only supports WPA 2
September 24, 2025Sep 24 50 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said: It is the security for your link. Prior to 5 G the security was WPA2. 48 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said: Older technology only supports WPA 2 Depends how old but your first statement is woefully inaccurate....... Android 10 introduced it in 2019 and apparently MAC computers had it as far back as 2013.......... I have a non 5g phone and it supports WPA3.
September 25, 2025Sep 25 On 9/22/2025 at 3:26 PM, TommyL727 said: I called them and asked if they could remove me from CG-NAT because apparently I have some cameras that needed access from the outside…which I may or may not have 😬 I didnt mention anything about my servers as i have no clue about their policies regarding that. Its not fixed, only dynamic public. I use dyndns in opnsense so it doesnt matter that much to me. They did not say anything about extra payment. They don't understand .. I made friends with the head of the department that does the repairs, when I have an issue that the hedge monkeys cant fix, I call him on his personal line. You would think he would be inquisitive, but no. They have no understanding of what we do, they don't care, and no interest to learn, it's just a job to get paid. The reason I'm "nterested" is because I used to be an infrastructure engineer, I used to watch the ccna guys come, that got me interested and the guys I worked with all had second hand gear that we picked up at work. I run a unifi system, they came to the house and asked "err .. where is the router?" I pointed at a half height cab and the tec just opened the glass door and just stood looking at the flashing lights, then made a phone call with a lot of "mai leu", then tried to plug his laptop into a random port on a patch panel trying to access the default router port for their routers. lol There is a guy in the ISP team who taught me a few things about connectability in torrent protocols once, he seemed interested.
September 25, 2025Sep 25 On 9/24/2025 at 2:08 PM, topt said: Depends how old but your first statement is woefully inaccurate....... Android 10 introduced it in 2019 and apparently MAC computers had it as far back as 2013.......... I have a non 5g phone and it supports WPA3. If you knew anything about Telecoms which you obviously don't you would know the big takeaway from 5G is the security i.e. WPA3
September 25, 2025Sep 25 Just now, Photoguy21 said: If you knew anything about Telecoms which you obviously don't you would know the big takeaway from 5G is the security i.e. WPA3 keep on digging.........you might get there in the end
September 25, 2025Sep 25 Just now, topt said: keep on digging.........you might get there in the end Do you work in the field of Telecoms? You dont I know. Before operating mouth engage brain (if there is one to engage)
September 25, 2025Sep 25 On 9/24/2025 at 2:08 PM, topt said: Android 10 introduced it in 2019 and apparently MAC computers had it as far back as 2013.......... WPA-3 has only be certified since mid 2018, so doubt MAC had it in 2013
September 25, 2025Sep 25 21 minutes ago, CallumWK said: WPA-3 has only be certified since mid 2018, so doubt MAC had it in 2013 I think he meant to say since IOS13 which (like Android 10) was released in 2019, no problem using it on my 4G phone. The MACs also got it in 2019 with the release of MACOS 10.15 (Catalina)
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