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Category: IPv6

Articles about IPv6 networking, dual-stack setups, IPv6 routing, firewall configuration, VPNs, and IPv6 connectivity
at home and in the cloud.

Featured image alt text: Isometric network diagram showing a cloud server relaying IPv4 and IPv6 traffic to a home router, Raspberry Pi and VPN endpoint.
June 12, 2026 Martin Schmitter

IPv4-to-IPv6 Relay for Home Services Behind CGNAT

My home network has public IPv6 but no public IPv4 because of CGNAT. This article describes how I use a small Oracle Cloud Free Tier Ubuntu VM, systemd and socat to relay public IPv4 SSH and WireGuard traffic into IPv6-reachable home systems.

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DOAG 2024 speaker banner for a session about connecting a home office with Oracle Cloud
November 29, 2024 Martin Schmitter

Connect Your Home Office to Oracle Cloud – DOAG 2024

On Tuesday, November 19, 2024, I had the opportunity to speak about Oracle Cloud. Have you ever wondered how to

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Illustration of OSPF route exchange between a cloud router and a home router over a secure WireGuard IPv6 tunnel.
May 1, 2022 Martin Schmitter

WireGuard VPN over IPv6 with OSPF on OCI – Part IV

This post will describe the way to setup a WireGuard site-to-site VPN using IPv6 and OSPF in the Oracle Cloud Free Tier. Part IV is focused on routing and OSPF.

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WireGuard home router setup over IPv6 with OSPF
February 27, 2022 Martin Schmitter

WireGuard VPN over IPv6 with OSPF on OCI – Part III

This post will describe the way to setup a WireGuard site-to-site VPN using IPv6 and OSPF in the Oracle Cloud Free Tier. Part III is focused on the WireGuard setup and configuration of the home router. In my case it’s an EdgeRouter™-X with version 2.0.9.

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Router configured for a WireGuard VPN over IPv6 with OSPF
February 21, 2022 Martin Schmitter

WireGuard VPN over IPv6 with OSPF on OCI – Part II

This post will describe the way to setup a WireGuard site-to-site VPN using IPv6 and OSPF in the Oracle Cloud Free Tier. Part II is focused on WireGuard setup and configuration in the cloud.

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WireGuard VPN over IPv6 with OSPF on Oracle Cloud Free Tier - Part I: OCI Preparation
February 1, 2022 Martin Schmitter

WireGuard VPN over IPv6 with OSPF on OCI – Part I

This post will describe the way to setup a WireGuard site-to-site VPN using IPv6 and OSPF in the Oracle Cloud Free Tier

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Illustration of a Home LAN client sending traffic for a nonexistent private segment, with the core router dropping it through a local blackhole route.
December 22, 2021 Martin Schmitter

It’s not me, it’s you! … Me? No! It’s you! – black hole/null routing

A practical explanation of blackhole/null routing for home networks, showing how a core router can drop unused private IPv4 destinations locally instead of forwarding them to the default gateway.

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Illustration of a stale IPv6 static route being removed from a router runtime routing table.
December 3, 2021 Martin Schmitter

Delete IPv6 Route on EdgeRouter-X

How to remove a stale IPv6 static route from an EdgeRouter-X when it has disappeared from the saved configuration but still exists in the Quagga/Zebra routing table.

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