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Byte
June 13, 2026

ICMPv6; IPv6 address unreachable

My NOS router just recently got IPv6, however, it seems there is a hidden firewall somewhere that I haven’t been able to disable.

My machine has DHCP enabled and receives a NATed IPv4 address and global IPv6 address from the NOS router. On the machine I have nftables installed and only allow ICMPv6 and tcp 22 (have password login disabled for ssh).

When I ping various devices with global IPv6 address from behind the NOS router, with the destination another device behind the router, I am able to ping the global IPv6 addresses when the connection stays on the local lan.

From the devices with global IPv6 address provided by NOS, when I ping public IPv6 DNS servers, I am able to reach them.

Now the issue; when I login to an external server and try to ping the global IPv6 address of one of the devices behind the NOS router, I am unable to reach them.

traceroute6 does indicate that one of the last hops is if-bundle-4-2.qhar1.epcp1-porto.ipv6.as6453.net

My problem statement; I understand I was sold internet without IPv6 and it is just recently enabled. It’s still not fully implemented as it’s not doing bidirectional routing. I don’t know what and how you implemented it, but it’s more complicated than needed since by default, internet traffic flows both directions.

Question? Will I get IPv6 in the future automatically? Did you intentionally mess with the routing?  Or put a firewall in the router, but the UI to configure this is not implemented yet? Will it be solved if I bring my own router and put it in bridge-mode?

2 Comentários

Ing.Autor
Byte
June 14, 2026

I’m leaving this question here for others to find the answer, the answer is that you should not manage the router using nosnet.pt but go to http://192.168.1.1/firewall_settings_ipv6.jst where you login with admin/password. It now works for me. I am able to SSH into the machine remotely (to rsync data to NAS). I did disable ICMPv6 for security, since I just need tcp 22.

Jorge C
Super User
Super User
June 14, 2026

Hello ​@Ing.

I suggest you use NOS Net App. 

Thank you.