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i used to be able to connect to my home pc from work using ipv4, but i got a new router that gave my home pc an ipv6 address, and since then i can't connect. created port 3389, tried putting [ipv6-address]:3389 into the "PC name" and the gateway input, no luck.
note: my ipv6 address is formatted [xxxx:xxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxx:xxx:xxxx:xxxx]:3389
kona
Posted 2018-05-02T17:16:32.773
Reputation: 1
What have you done to verify that your home PC's IPv6 address is externally visible? – Scott – 2018-05-02T17:30:12.033
Did you open the firewall for the PC's IPv6 address on that port? – Ron Maupin – 2018-05-02T17:32:25.500
@Scott nothing other than port forwarding with my router. – kona – 2018-05-02T20:30:45.940
@RonMaupin could you walk me through the steps for that? – kona – 2018-05-02T20:31:20.313
You are going to need to give details of the router model, etc. – Ron Maupin – 2018-05-02T20:37:10.857
1There is no such thing as port forwarding with IPv6. You simply open the ports you want in your firewall. – Michael Hampton – 2018-05-02T21:02:21.777
@RonMaupin i have an xfinity gateway. – kona – 2018-05-02T22:10:14.633
My point is that your system(s) can report (claim to have) IPv6 addresses, but that doesn’t mean that your ISP recognizes them and routes to them. You should try to ping your home PC from work, or connect to some other service, using IPv6. – Scott – 2018-05-03T16:32:46.223