Vodafone Station vs Fritz Box (Ich brauche IPv4)

[Firador]

Hi,

I'm sorry for not writing in German, but I am a technician and trying to translate properly technical terms would prove too difficult.

I need to run a server on my home network (not running an actual server, it’s for work / testing purpose) and so I need port forwarding available. I know it’s not available anymore on the Vodafone station.

So, my questions are:

If I take the FritzBox! 6660 available now, I heard it’s the first 24 month for free? Is that accessible to everyone?

My second question, is, if I take the FritzBox! Will it be directly connected to the cable connection? Or the Vodafone Station will be setup as Bridge mode and I then need to put the FritzBox behind the Station?

If I need an IPv4 address, I need to put my setting in Bridge mode, but if I do put Bridge mode on when I have the FritzBox does that mean I need to do the same setting as the Vodafone station, and connect another device behind the Fritzbox?

And the last question is, for anyone with this Bridge setup – Would you recommend to keep the Vodafone Station in Bridge mode and buy my own Router? This way I can configure or get a better router / WLAN connection?

Thanks for your time!!

[RobertP]

in which federal state do you live ?

[Firador]

Bayern, München

[RobertP]

buy your own cable Fritzbox (e.g. 6591, 6660 or 6690)

in Bavaria your connection will be switched to dual stack if you use your own hardware

[Firador]

Meaning I configure my Vodafone station to Bridge and place the Router behind right?

And this way I get my IPv4 (Dual stack so v4 and v6 together).

There should be no service degradation or anything?

[RobertP]

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@Firador  schrieb:

Meaning I configure my Vodafone station to Bridge and place the Router behind right?

And this way I get my IPv4 (Dual stack so v4 and v6 together).

There should be no service degradation or anything?

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wrong !

as I wrote: buy a cable Fritzbox if you need dual stack

in bridge mode you get IPv4 only on the router behind

[Tina]

Hello Firador,

you have already been shown a possible solution by RobertP. I can also unlock the IPv4 address and you just continue to use our cable router? Deal? Send me your customer number, name, date of birth and address in a private message.

As soon as you have sent me your data, please contact me again briefly here in your thread.

Best regards

Tina

[Nancy]

Hello Firador,

exactly, you then simply use our router in Bride Mode and use your end device behind it.

Best regards

Nancy

[Firador]

Hi Tina, I've sent you a second message 🐵

[Wallace]

Hi,

Tina has already offered to switch your connection to IPv4. We only need the customer data she requested.

Regards

Wallace