IPv6 Routing

twofirstnames
Visitor

Hi!

I've recently set up my 5GEE mobile broadband, most everything works, I've got a GUA IPv6 address and can access the internet using it. But that address does not seem to be routable (or is behind a firewall) from the internet. Anyone know of a way around this? I have a suspicion EE is just blocking all incoming traffic, which is less than ideal for my purposes.

 

On a related note, is there any way to have a /56 prefix rather than a /64, and use prefix delegation on my end to further route that?

 

Thanks!

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XRaySpeX
EE Community Star
EE Community Star

Yes, it isn't routable from remotely. You can't remote access your home devices thro' a mobile router.

 

You are finding yourself up against a limitation of EE's mobile network. The EE mobile network uses Carrier Grade NAT (CGNAT) resulting in a double NAT, which games consoles often object to, which means you don't get your own public IP address but share it with other users. So you can't be uniquely id'ed on the Net & therefore your LAN cannot be addressed from outside for unsolicited accesses. This is unlike fixed BB.

 

If this occurs there is nowt you can do to avoid it.

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