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I thought this was a pretty good explanation for why ipv6 makes things easier on a home lan (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 years ago by iwasgodonce@lemmy.world to c/ipv6@lemmy.world

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[–] oshitwaddup@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm not sure i understand. If the traffic needs to be generated from the lan, does that mean that when i'm away from home the server needs to regularly try to ping my device so that my device can send it traffic?

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

That would be one way, but your phone would drop the unsolicited traffic.

This is why people recommend using a VPN when away from your home for anything self hosted. Your VPN connection will bring you into the trusted LAN so you can talk unsolicited.

[–] orangeboats@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Much like how you need to setup port forwarding for your servers back in the IPv4 days, you need to setup firewall rules for IPv6 servers.

"If a packet is arriving in server IP:Port, simply accept it"