Yikes! We knew that the Airport Extreme had fits with the Xbox 360, but this issue takes home the "OMG! Surprise!" award. Let's get right into the details. IPv6 is a network addressing scheme that allows for more networks to be defined, unlike the IPv4 protocol. IPv6 stands for "Internet Protocol version 6", but of course you Appleheads already knew that. Snaps for you!

You see, the new Airport Extreme Base Station from Apple - yes, the wireless access point and router - that seems to be a favorite (look at that appearance, no wonder!) of wireless users and networks has some slight security issues.

The supposedly "secure" Wi-Fi, weight-scale-lookin' thingamajig has IPv6 enabled by default. Why is this a bad thing? Well, because there is no way you can turn it off. Yep, you heard us right the first time.

IPv6 is a nice little feature to have, in fact some of the newer networks on the Web actually use IPv6. The really bad thing is that the router itself gives your network at home IPv6 addresses that can be accessed by other IPv6 enabled networks worldwide.

All they need is for you to enable FTP or SSH on one of your Macs and voila! They'll be riding your box like a Trojan horse...err...wait, bad image there...

But you get the point, right? Don't fear, you may not be able to kill the IPv6 feature, but at least you can block any connection accessing your network on the IPv6 level. Head right over to the "IPv6" tab at the "Advanced" settings and click on "Block incoming IPv6 connections" and you can close the door. Still, having it enabled and not being able to use it to certain effect could be such a drag.