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by epall 5142 days ago
I've tried and failed to set up IPv6 on my MBP a few times now. HE seems to provide free tunneling, but I can't figure out if it's compatible with my AT&T U-Verse RG.

Is there a way to enable IPv6 tunneling on OS X in a way that doesn't require firewall configuration?

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HE provides a 6in4 tunnel, that is it uses protocol 41, hence your router/firewall has to be able to forward proto41.

While SixXS provides proto41 tunnels too, they also provide AYIYA tunnels, a (standardized) encapsulation protocol able to pass NATs and handle IPv4 local endpoint changes with ease. For this you need to use their companion (open-source) tool called aiccu. Another advantage of aiccu is that it uses a protocol for autoconfiguring the tunnel (TIC), so you don't need to do some ifconfig incantations. Just put your creds in the config file, do aiccu start or load the plist and you're IPv6 enabled. I've written a homebrew formula for aiccu [0] and made a pull request, so it should be available straight from brew search/install aiccu.

[0] https://github.com/lloeki/homebrew/blob/aiccu/Library/Formul...

Miredo should work. Also, parts of U-Verse are already being upgraded to v6 automatically.