problems enabling IPV6 on WNDR3700/1.5.8

[mgpaulus]

I'm trying to enable IPV6 on my home network. I'm running on a WNDR3700 with 1.5.8. I've gone to the OpenWRT IPV6 Essentials page:
http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/ipv6.essentials. I tried installing kmod-ipv6, and did the restart, but didn't notice any IPV6 addresses.
So then I tried installing all the other items: radvd ip kmod-ip6tables ip6tables. The router then went into some routine of trying to configure something, and it seemed like it hung (I let it sit for a good 5 minutes).
I wound up rebooting, and having to re-flash and reconfigure.

My question is, is anyone else successfully running ipv6 under gargoyle, and more specifically, are you running it on a WNDR3700? If so, what secrets should I know to help this work out?

[coool12]

What firmware i must flash for back to stock? With _boot_ or _up_ in file name? OpenWRT Wiki says _boot_, other users say _up_. I have't found stock FW with _boot_ in file name.

[StorageGuru]

Hi,
have the same problem as descibed by mgpaulus but with a brand new TP-Link WR842ND.

Here is how far it went:

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 opkg install kmod-ipv6 radvd ip kmod-ip6tables ip6tables
Installing kmod-ipv6 (3.3.8-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/attitude_adjustment/12.09-beta2/ar71xx/generic/packages/kmod-ipv6_3.3.8-1_ar71xx.ipk.
Installing radvd (1.9.1-2) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/attitude_adjustment/12.09-beta2/ar71xx/generic/packages/radvd_1.9.1-2_ar71xx.ipk.
Installing kmod-ipv6 (3.3.8-1) to root...
Installing libdaemon (0.14-2) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/attitude_adjustment/12.09-beta2/ar71xx/generic/packages/libdaemon_0.14-2_ar71xx.ipk.
Package ip (3.3.0-1) installed in root is up to date.
Installing kmod-ip6tables (3.3.8-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/attitude_adjustment/12.09-beta2/ar71xx/generic/packages/kmod-ip6tables_3.3.8-1_ar71xx                      .ipk.
Installing ip6tables (1.4.10-4) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/attitude_adjustment/12.09-beta2/ar71xx/generic/packages/ip6tables_1.4.10-4_ar71xx.ipk                      .
Installing kmod-ip6tables (3.3.8-1) to root...
Installing libip6tc (1.4.10-4) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/attitude_adjustment/12.09-beta2/ar71xx/generic/packages/libip6tc_1.4.10-4_ar71xx.ipk.
Configuring kmod-ipv6.
Configuring kmod-ip6tables.

So here the router stuck and was not accessible anymore. I had to enter failsave mode and then #firstboot to remove the config.

Seems that the gargyole 1.5.8 release is not working with ipv6...

Any idea ? Did I miss something ?

Thanks, Stefan

[pbix]

Gargoyle does not support IPv6 so if you need that you will have to revert to OpenWRT.

It would be non-trivial to add such support and I am not aware of anyone planning to do it.