wireless IPv6 ready home routers

I want to buy a new wireless router for my home that supports 802.11n, and I figure while I'm at it I'll look for other features to future proof the purchase I'm currently researching - In addition, as the thread title says I want IPv6! I may not use it now, but I want to be ready when the transition occurs....or when I decide to force it to happen with tunneling

It seems more practical for my wallet if I go with a router that supports an open source firmware....my current home router is running dd-wrt and that has been working fine, although at times the CPU spikes to 100% (I use the hell out of it). I need higher LAN throughput capabilities at an affordable price if possible.

Has anyone else looked for an IPv6 capable home router lately? What did you come up with?

tl;dr: Buying a new 802.11n wireless router that supports gigabit ethernet (ok this is optional, I know it's expensive), open source firmware, IPv6, and 6to4 tunneling for under $100.

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ehnde

Newegg.com - BUFFALO WZR-HP-G300NH 802.11b/g/n Nfiniti Wireless High Power Gigabit Router up to 300Mbps/ Open Source DD-WRT Support This is looking worthy of consideration, and you can use it for NAS via the USB port. Not certain yet, though....and still looking for an even better bargain.

Chris:/*

Linksys E3000

I typically see these for $100 to $150 with the occasional sale under $100.

PC509

I bought a Cisco E2000, flashed it to DD-WRT and love it. Best $36 I've ever spent (Refurb). I was running a WRT54GL previously (DD-WRT, of course). There is a way to get IPv6 running with it with a couple scripts, but you need a tunnel broker to fully utilize it if your ISP doesn't support it (mine doesn't). But, internally, I am running IPv6.

Priston

I was actually looking for a router last week, then I decided to wait a little bit, but I found D-Link DIR-825 supports ipv6 (gold IPv6 Ready)

Newegg.com - D-Link DIR-825 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4/5GHz Simultaneous Dual Band Xtreme N Gigabit Gaming Router up to 300Mbps/ USB x1

edit:
interesting article...
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/020811-cisco-linksys-ipv6.html

I personally am waiting till spring to see what happens. Then I'll look into getting a new router again.

ehnde

PC509 wrote: »

I bought a Cisco E2000, flashed it to DD-WRT and love it. Best $36 I've ever spent (Refurb). I was running a WRT54GL previously (DD-WRT, of course). There is a way to get IPv6 running with it with a couple scripts, but you need a tunnel broker to fully utilize it if your ISP doesn't support it (mine doesn't). But, internally, I am running IPv6.

I did some looking around and it appears that the main difference between the E2000 and E3000 is that the E3000 has two radios that can operate simultaneously, and the E3000 has a usb port. The E2000 does not. I'm glad you are able to confirm IPv6 works on the E2000 with dd-wrt. That will probably be what I buy!

Thanks for all the replies. I bet the question that started this thread will be obsolete within half a year.