In reply to a post by mixt:

The IPv6 is brilliant (I have bridged my modem to a Linux router, so got all that working perfectly).

Mind if I ask what software you are using?
I have a similar setup bridging my netgear DG834 to a pfsense install.
No IPV6 with my ISP at the moment unfortunately.

Currently running CentOS 5.5 on it, not a bleeding-edge distro like Ubuntu (CentOS seems to be stuck in the world of kernel 2.6.18, where as Ubuntu is up at kernel 2.6.30 something), but its good enough for supporting most things like IPv4 NAT, and IPv4/6 routing + firewalling.

EDIT: and also extremely useful for customised traffic shaping that most off the shelf routers cannot do (or at least not do as I want). Hence the HOWTO in my sig

Edited by deleted (Tue 22-Mar-11 22:24:35)

Ah thanks.
Looks interesting. I'll take a look.

In reply to a post by mixt:

Rigiht, so...

My current setup is a small Linux server that runs PPPoE through an ADSL2+ SpeedTouch modem (configured in bridge mode). Are you essentially saying that the same PPPoE setup on Linux can be used, with BT's VDSL2 router plugged into it instead?

Yep, and you can have some of the best IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack routing support available. The set up you use is the most flexible really, the WAN protocol is relatively irrelevant if you have the correct software set-up .

And CentOS/RHEL isn't bleeding edge, but it is ultra stable, and fast. Exactly what you want really. Add EPEL if you want newer stuff.

It should be rather smooth for you, and no additional expense above the standard installation costs.