IPv6 Privacy Extensions and Tracking: What Actually Leaks
IPv6 privacy extensions explained: how rotating temporary addresses stop device-level tracking, why the ISP prefix still identifies your household, and…
Category: IPv6 Networking
Bringing IPv6 to the home network the way it actually deploys: dual-stack, prefix delegation, per-VLAN addressing, firewalling without NAT, and the dual-stack failure modes nobody warns you about.
IPv6 on OPNsense: WAN, LAN, and Per-VLAN Configuration
A step-by-step OPNsense IPv6 configuration: DHCPv6 and prefix delegation on the WAN, Track Interface per VLAN by prefix ID, Router…
IPv6 Firewall Rules: Why ‘No NAT’ Doesn’t Mean Wide Open
IPv6 firewall rules for a home network: why no NAT does not mean wide open, the default-deny inbound wall, the…
IPv6 Prefix Delegation: Getting a Subnet From Your ISP for Each VLAN
How IPv6 prefix delegation hands your home router a whole block (aim for a /56), how to carve a /64…
DHCPv6 vs SLAAC: How IPv6 Hands Out Addresses, Explained
DHCPv6 vs SLAAC explained: how each assigns IPv6 addresses, what the M, O, and A flags do, why Android refuses…
Should You Even Enable IPv6 at Home? An Honest Cost-Benefit Take
An honest cost-benefit take on whether to enable IPv6 at home: when it genuinely helps (CGNAT, self-hosting, homelab) and when…
IPv6 at Home, Demystified: A Practical Setup Guide
How to take the single prefix your ISP delegates and turn it into a segmented, firewalled, dual-stack home network: prefix…