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Unable to use T-Mobile Home Internet with work VPN, any suggestions?
I've recently been told by work Information Services that I cannot use my work laptop with T-Mobile Home Internet. Here is there response to my support request. T-Mobile's primary service call...
Althius wrote:I've recently been told by work Information Services that I cannot use my work laptop with T-Mobile Home Internet. Here is there response to my support request.
T-Mobile's primary service called "5G Broadband" is not true wire-to-site broadband. While Cisco AnyConnect can work over 5G and other wireless connections, MTS does not recommend its usage unless absolutely necessary, and if you utilize a phone line such as Cisco Jabber call quality cannot be guaranteed.
The issue is that while 5G can provide broadband level speeds and bandwidth wireless solutions, such as 5G, have a higher tolerance for "packet loss." Packet loss is when individual pieces of data are dropped/lost during transmission. For most applications this is a minimal issue that 5G speeds may render unnoticeable, but a live connection, such as the AnyConnect VPN or Voice Over IP phone services, will experience connection degradation or be completely disconnected forcing you to reconnect.
This is not an issue MTS can mitigate. For this reason the only recommended Internet service types are fully wired based connections including DSL, Broadband, Cable, and Fiber Optic services.
Does anyone have a suggestion on a way to work around this issue? It does not need to be perfect, but being able to work from home is essential, and if I can't use TMHI to do that… it would be a deal-breaker for me.
This is what chat gpt told me:
Yes, if your router doesn't support IPv6 transition mechanisms like NAT64 or DNS64, you can use software solutions on your computer to achieve IPv6-to-IPv4 communication. One popular option is to use a Teredo tunneling software.
Teredo is a transition technology that allows IPv6 connectivity to IPv4 hosts by encapsulating IPv6 packets within IPv4 packets. This allows IPv6 traffic to traverse IPv4 networks seamlessly. There are various Teredo tunneling software available for different operating systems. Some examples include:
1. **Miredo**: Miredo is an open-source Teredo tunneling software available for Linux, BSD, and macOS. It provides IPv6 connectivity to IPv4-only networks by encapsulating IPv6 packets in UDP/IPv4 datagrams.
2. **Microsoft Teredo**: Microsoft includes Teredo support in Windows operating systems. It's enabled by default in recent versions of Windows, allowing IPv6 connectivity over IPv4 networks. You can check if Teredo is enabled on your Windows system by running the command `netsh interface teredo show state` in Command Prompt.
3. **Teredo Tunneling Client**: There are also standalone Teredo tunneling clients available for Windows that provide similar functionality to Microsoft's built-in Teredo support. These clients may offer additional features and configuration options.
By using Teredo tunneling software on your computer, you can enable IPv6 connectivity even if your router doesn't support IPv6 transition mechanisms directly. Keep in mind that while Teredo can provide IPv6 connectivity, it may introduce additional latency and overhead compared to native IPv6 connectivity.
That's the solution, the problem is the gateway tmhi uses only users ipv6 a 128 bit compared to ipv4s 32 bit . Anyways you can use this fact to ask some questions and find other possible workaround or solutions to this issue
