diff --git a/cmd/tailscaled/depaware.txt b/cmd/tailscaled/depaware.txt
index bf0ec8359..1ba1e1c4a 100644
--- a/cmd/tailscaled/depaware.txt
+++ b/cmd/tailscaled/depaware.txt
@@ -49,10 +49,11 @@ tailscale.com/cmd/tailscaled dependencies: (generated by github.com/tailscale/de
         gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/header                           from gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/link/channel+
         gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/header/parse                     from gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4+
         gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/link/channel                     from tailscale.com/wgengine/netstack
-        gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/network/fragmentation            from gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4
-        gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/network/hash                     from gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4
-        gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/network/ip                       from gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4
+        gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/network/fragmentation            from gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4+
+        gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/network/hash                     from gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4+
+        gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/network/ip                       from gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4+
         gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4                     from tailscale.com/wgengine/netstack
+        gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6                     from tailscale.com/wgengine/netstack
         gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/ports                            from gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/stack+
         gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/seqnum                           from gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/header+
         gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/stack                            from gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/adapters/gonet+
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ tailscale.com/cmd/tailscaled dependencies: (generated by github.com/tailscale/de
         hash                                                         from compress/zlib+
         hash/adler32                                                 from compress/zlib
         hash/crc32                                                   from compress/gzip+
-        hash/fnv                                                     from tailscale.com/wgengine/magicsock
+        hash/fnv                                                     from tailscale.com/wgengine/magicsock+
         hash/maphash                                                 from go4.org/mem
         html                                                         from net/http/pprof+
         io                                                           from bufio+
diff --git a/cmd/tailscaled/tailscaled.go b/cmd/tailscaled/tailscaled.go
index 0110c8a75..4ff26fbb8 100644
--- a/cmd/tailscaled/tailscaled.go
+++ b/cmd/tailscaled/tailscaled.go
@@ -192,9 +192,9 @@ func run() error {
 
 	var e wgengine.Engine
 	if args.fake {
-		var impl wgengine.FakeImplFunc
+		var impl wgengine.FakeImplFactory
 		if args.tunname == "userspace-networking" {
-			impl = netstack.Impl
+			impl = netstack.Create
 		}
 		e, err = wgengine.NewFakeUserspaceEngine(logf, 0, impl)
 	} else {
diff --git a/wgengine/netstack/netstack.go b/wgengine/netstack/netstack.go
index b2b21fcba..5906f00bf 100644
--- a/wgengine/netstack/netstack.go
+++ b/wgengine/netstack/netstack.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"log"
-	"net"
 	"strings"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip"
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/header"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/link/channel"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/stack"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/transport/icmp"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp"
@@ -37,161 +38,270 @@ import (
 	"tailscale.com/wgengine/tstun"
 )
 
-func Impl(logf logger.Logf, tundev *tstun.TUN, e wgengine.Engine, mc *magicsock.Conn) error {
+// Impl contains the state for the netstack implementation,
+// and implements wgengine.FakeImpl to act as a userspace network
+// stack when Tailscale is running in fake mode.
+type Impl struct {
+	ipstack *stack.Stack
+	linkEP  *channel.Endpoint
+	tundev  *tstun.TUN
+	e       wgengine.Engine
+	mc      *magicsock.Conn
+	logf    logger.Logf
+}
+
+const nicID = 1
+
+// Create creates and populates a new Impl.
+func Create(logf logger.Logf, tundev *tstun.TUN, e wgengine.Engine, mc *magicsock.Conn) (wgengine.FakeImpl, error) {
 	if mc == nil {
-		return errors.New("nil magicsock.Conn")
+		return nil, errors.New("nil magicsock.Conn")
 	}
 	if tundev == nil {
-		return errors.New("nil tundev")
+		return nil, errors.New("nil tundev")
 	}
 	if logf == nil {
-		return errors.New("nil logger")
+		return nil, errors.New("nil logger")
 	}
 	if e == nil {
-		return errors.New("nil Engine")
+		return nil, errors.New("nil Engine")
 	}
 	ipstack := stack.New(stack.Options{
-		NetworkProtocols:   []stack.NetworkProtocolFactory{ipv4.NewProtocol},
-		TransportProtocols: []stack.TransportProtocolFactory{tcp.NewProtocol, udp.NewProtocol, icmp.NewProtocol4},
+		NetworkProtocols:   []stack.NetworkProtocolFactory{ipv4.NewProtocol, ipv6.NewProtocol},
+		TransportProtocols: []stack.TransportProtocolFactory{tcp.NewProtocol, udp.NewProtocol, icmp.NewProtocol4, icmp.NewProtocol6},
 	})
-
 	const mtu = 1500
 	linkEP := channel.New(512, mtu, "")
-
-	const nicID = 1
-	if err := ipstack.CreateNIC(nicID, linkEP); err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+	if tcpipProblem := ipstack.CreateNIC(nicID, linkEP); tcpipProblem != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not create netstack NIC: %v", tcpipProblem)
 	}
-
-	e.AddNetworkMapCallback(func(nm *netmap.NetworkMap) {
-		oldIPs := make(map[tcpip.Address]bool)
-		for _, ip := range ipstack.AllAddresses()[nicID] {
-			oldIPs[ip.AddressWithPrefix.Address] = true
-		}
-		newIPs := make(map[tcpip.Address]bool)
-		for _, ip := range nm.Addresses {
-			newIPs[tcpip.Address(ip.IPNet().IP)] = true
-		}
-
-		ipsToBeAdded := make(map[tcpip.Address]bool)
-		for ip := range newIPs {
-			if !oldIPs[ip] {
-				ipsToBeAdded[ip] = true
-			}
-		}
-		ipsToBeRemoved := make(map[tcpip.Address]bool)
-		for ip := range oldIPs {
-			if !newIPs[ip] {
-				ipsToBeRemoved[ip] = true
-			}
-		}
-
-		for ip := range ipsToBeRemoved {
-			err := ipstack.RemoveAddress(nicID, ip)
-			if err != nil {
-				logf("netstack: could not deregister IP %s: %v", ip, err)
-			} else {
-				logf("netstack: deregistered IP %s", ip)
-			}
-		}
-		for ip := range ipsToBeAdded {
-			err := ipstack.AddAddress(nicID, ipv4.ProtocolNumber, ip)
-			if err != nil {
-				logf("netstack: could not register IP %s: %v", ip, err)
-			} else {
-				logf("netstack: registered IP %s", ip)
-			}
-		}
-	})
-
-	// Add 0.0.0.0/0 default route.
-	subnet, _ := tcpip.NewSubnet(tcpip.Address(strings.Repeat("\x00", 4)), tcpip.AddressMask(strings.Repeat("\x00", 4)))
+	// Add IPv4 and IPv6 default routes, so all incoming packets from the Tailscale side
+	// are handled by the one fake NIC we use.
+	ipv4Subnet, _ := tcpip.NewSubnet(tcpip.Address(strings.Repeat("\x00", 4)), tcpip.AddressMask(strings.Repeat("\x00", 4)))
+	ipv6Subnet, _ := tcpip.NewSubnet(tcpip.Address(strings.Repeat("\x00", 16)), tcpip.AddressMask(strings.Repeat("\x00", 16)))
 	ipstack.SetRouteTable([]tcpip.Route{
 		{
-			Destination: subnet,
+			Destination: ipv4Subnet,
+			NIC:         nicID,
+		},
+		{
+			Destination: ipv6Subnet,
 			NIC:         nicID,
 		},
 	})
-
-	// use Forwarder to accept any connection from stack
-	fwd := tcp.NewForwarder(ipstack, 0, 16, func(r *tcp.ForwarderRequest) {
-		logf("XXX ForwarderRequest: %v", r)
-		var wq waiter.Queue
-		ep, err := r.CreateEndpoint(&wq)
-		if err != nil {
-			r.Complete(true)
-			return
-		}
-		r.Complete(false)
-		c := gonet.NewTCPConn(&wq, ep)
-		// TCP echo
-		go echo(c, e, mc)
-
-	})
-	ipstack.SetTransportProtocolHandler(tcp.ProtocolNumber, fwd.HandlePacket)
-
-	go func() {
-		for {
-			packetInfo, ok := linkEP.ReadContext(context.Background())
-			if !ok {
-				logf("XXX ReadContext-for-write = ok=false")
-				continue
-			}
-			pkt := packetInfo.Pkt
-			hdrNetwork := pkt.NetworkHeader()
-			hdrTransport := pkt.TransportHeader()
-
-			full := make([]byte, 0, pkt.Size())
-			full = append(full, hdrNetwork.View()...)
-			full = append(full, hdrTransport.View()...)
-			full = append(full, pkt.Data.ToView()...)
-
-			logf("XXX packet Write out: % x", full)
-			if err := tundev.InjectOutbound(full); err != nil {
-				log.Printf("netstack inject outbound: %v", err)
-				return
-			}
-
-		}
-	}()
-
-	tundev.PostFilterIn = func(p *packet.Parsed, t *tstun.TUN) filter.Response {
-		var pn tcpip.NetworkProtocolNumber
-		switch p.IPVersion {
-		case 4:
-			pn = header.IPv4ProtocolNumber
-		case 6:
-			pn = header.IPv6ProtocolNumber
-		}
-		logf("XXX packet in (from %v): % x", p.Src, p.Buffer())
-		vv := buffer.View(append([]byte(nil), p.Buffer()...)).ToVectorisedView()
-		packetBuf := stack.NewPacketBuffer(stack.PacketBufferOptions{
-			Data: vv,
-		})
-		linkEP.InjectInbound(pn, packetBuf)
-		return filter.Accept
+	ns := &Impl{
+		logf:    logf,
+		ipstack: ipstack,
+		linkEP:  linkEP,
+		tundev:  tundev,
+		e:       e,
+		mc:      mc,
 	}
+	return ns, nil
+}
+
+// Start sets up all the handlers so netstack can start working. Implements
+// wgengine.FakeImpl.
+func (ns *Impl) Start() error {
+	ns.e.AddNetworkMapCallback(ns.updateIPs)
+	// size = 0 means use default buffer size
+	const tcpReceiveBufferSize = 0
+	const maxInFlightConnectionAttempts = 16
+	tcpFwd := tcp.NewForwarder(ns.ipstack, tcpReceiveBufferSize, maxInFlightConnectionAttempts, ns.acceptTCP)
+	udpFwd := udp.NewForwarder(ns.ipstack, ns.acceptUDP)
+	ns.ipstack.SetTransportProtocolHandler(tcp.ProtocolNumber, tcpFwd.HandlePacket)
+	ns.ipstack.SetTransportProtocolHandler(udp.ProtocolNumber, udpFwd.HandlePacket)
+	go ns.injectOutbound()
+	ns.tundev.PostFilterIn = ns.injectInbound
+
 	return nil
 }
 
-func echo(c *gonet.TCPConn, e wgengine.Engine, mc *magicsock.Conn) {
-	defer c.Close()
-	src, _ := netaddr.FromStdIP(c.RemoteAddr().(*net.TCPAddr).IP)
-	who := ""
-	if n, u, ok := mc.WhoIs(src); ok {
-		who = fmt.Sprintf("%v from %v", u.DisplayName, n.Name)
+func (ns *Impl) updateIPs(nm *netmap.NetworkMap) {
+	oldIPs := make(map[tcpip.Address]bool)
+	for _, ip := range ns.ipstack.AllAddresses()[nicID] {
+		oldIPs[ip.AddressWithPrefix.Address] = true
 	}
-	fmt.Fprintf(c, "Hello, %s! Thanks for connecting to me on port %v (Try other ports too!)\nEchoing...\n",
-		who,
-		c.LocalAddr().(*net.TCPAddr).Port)
+	newIPs := make(map[tcpip.Address]bool)
+	for _, ip := range nm.Addresses {
+		newIPs[tcpip.Address(ip.IP.IPAddr().IP)] = true
+	}
+
+	ipsToBeAdded := make(map[tcpip.Address]bool)
+	for ip := range newIPs {
+		if !oldIPs[ip] {
+			ipsToBeAdded[ip] = true
+		}
+	}
+	ipsToBeRemoved := make(map[tcpip.Address]bool)
+	for ip := range oldIPs {
+		if !newIPs[ip] {
+			ipsToBeRemoved[ip] = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	for ip := range ipsToBeRemoved {
+		err := ns.ipstack.RemoveAddress(nicID, ip)
+		if err != nil {
+			ns.logf("netstack: could not deregister IP %s: %v", ip, err)
+		} else {
+			ns.logf("[v2] netstack: deregistered IP %s", ip)
+		}
+	}
+	for ip := range ipsToBeAdded {
+		var err *tcpip.Error
+		if ip.To4() == "" {
+			err = ns.ipstack.AddAddress(nicID, ipv6.ProtocolNumber, ip)
+		} else {
+			err = ns.ipstack.AddAddress(nicID, ipv4.ProtocolNumber, ip)
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			ns.logf("netstack: could not register IP %s: %v", ip, err)
+		} else {
+			ns.logf("[v2] netstack: registered IP %s", ip)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (ns *Impl) dialContextTCP(ctx context.Context, address string) (*gonet.TCPConn, error) {
+	remoteIPPort, err := netaddr.ParseIPPort(address)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not parse IP:port: %w", err)
+	}
+	remoteAddress := tcpip.FullAddress{
+		NIC:  nicID,
+		Addr: tcpip.Address(remoteIPPort.IP.IPAddr().IP),
+		Port: remoteIPPort.Port,
+	}
+	var ipType tcpip.NetworkProtocolNumber
+	if remoteIPPort.IP.Is4() {
+		ipType = ipv4.ProtocolNumber
+	} else {
+		ipType = ipv6.ProtocolNumber
+	}
+
+	return gonet.DialContextTCP(ctx, ns.ipstack, remoteAddress, ipType)
+}
+
+func (ns *Impl) injectOutbound() {
+	for {
+		packetInfo, ok := ns.linkEP.ReadContext(context.Background())
+		if !ok {
+			ns.logf("[v2] ReadContext-for-write = ok=false")
+			continue
+		}
+		pkt := packetInfo.Pkt
+		hdrNetwork := pkt.NetworkHeader()
+		hdrTransport := pkt.TransportHeader()
+
+		full := make([]byte, 0, pkt.Size())
+		full = append(full, hdrNetwork.View()...)
+		full = append(full, hdrTransport.View()...)
+		full = append(full, pkt.Data.ToView()...)
+
+		ns.logf("[v2] packet Write out: % x", full)
+		if err := ns.tundev.InjectOutbound(full); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("netstack inject outbound: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+
+	}
+}
+
+func (ns *Impl) injectInbound(p *packet.Parsed, t *tstun.TUN) filter.Response {
+	var pn tcpip.NetworkProtocolNumber
+	switch p.IPVersion {
+	case 4:
+		pn = header.IPv4ProtocolNumber
+	case 6:
+		pn = header.IPv6ProtocolNumber
+	}
+	ns.logf("[v2] packet in (from %v): % x", p.Src, p.Buffer())
+	vv := buffer.View(append([]byte(nil), p.Buffer()...)).ToVectorisedView()
+	packetBuf := stack.NewPacketBuffer(stack.PacketBufferOptions{
+		Data: vv,
+	})
+	ns.linkEP.InjectInbound(pn, packetBuf)
+	return filter.Accept
+}
+
+func (ns *Impl) acceptTCP(r *tcp.ForwarderRequest) {
+	ns.logf("[v2] ForwarderRequest: %v", r)
+	var wq waiter.Queue
+	ep, err := r.CreateEndpoint(&wq)
+	if err != nil {
+		r.Complete(true)
+		return
+	}
+	localAddr, err := ep.GetLocalAddress()
+	ns.logf("[v2] forwarding port %v to 100.101.102.103:80", localAddr.Port)
+	if err != nil {
+		r.Complete(true)
+		return
+	}
+	r.Complete(false)
+	c := gonet.NewTCPConn(&wq, ep)
+	go ns.forwardTCP(c, &wq, "100.101.102.103:80")
+}
+
+func (ns *Impl) forwardTCP(client *gonet.TCPConn, wq *waiter.Queue, address string) {
+	defer client.Close()
+	ns.logf("[v2] netstack: forwarding to address %s", address)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+	waitEntry, notifyCh := waiter.NewChannelEntry(nil)
+	wq.EventRegister(&waitEntry, waiter.EventHUp)
+	defer wq.EventUnregister(&waitEntry)
+	done := make(chan bool)
+	// netstack doesn't close the notification channel automatically if there was no
+	// hup signal, so we close done after we're done to not leak the goroutine below.
+	defer close(done)
+	go func() {
+		select {
+		case <-notifyCh:
+		case <-done:
+		}
+		cancel()
+	}()
+	server, err := ns.dialContextTCP(ctx, address)
+	if err != nil {
+		ns.logf("netstack: could not connect to server %s: %s", address, err)
+		return
+	}
+	defer server.Close()
+	connClosed := make(chan bool, 2)
+	go func() {
+		io.Copy(server, client)
+		connClosed <- true
+	}()
+	go func() {
+		io.Copy(client, server)
+		connClosed <- true
+	}()
+	<-connClosed
+	ns.logf("[v2] netstack: forwarder connection to %s closed", address)
+}
+
+func (ns *Impl) acceptUDP(r *udp.ForwarderRequest) {
+	ns.logf("[v2] UDP ForwarderRequest: %v", r)
+	var wq waiter.Queue
+	ep, err := r.CreateEndpoint(&wq)
+	if err != nil {
+		ns.logf("Could not create endpoint, exiting")
+		return
+	}
+	c := gonet.NewUDPConn(ns.ipstack, &wq, ep)
+	go echoUDP(c)
+}
+
+func echoUDP(c *gonet.UDPConn) {
 	buf := make([]byte, 1500)
 	for {
 		n, err := c.Read(buf)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("Err: %v", err)
 			break
 		}
 		c.Write(buf[:n])
 	}
-	log.Print("Connection closed")
+	c.Close()
 }
diff --git a/wgengine/netstack/netstack_32bit.go b/wgengine/netstack/netstack_32bit.go
index 22b34e51e..dfb433d3d 100644
--- a/wgengine/netstack/netstack_32bit.go
+++ b/wgengine/netstack/netstack_32bit.go
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"tailscale.com/wgengine/tstun"
 )
 
-func Impl(logf logger.Logf, tundev *tstun.TUN, e wgengine.Engine, mc *magicsock.Conn) error {
-	return errors.New("netstack is not supported on 32-bit platforms for now; see https://github.com/google/gvisor/issues/5241")
+func Create(logf logger.Logf, tundev *tstun.TUN, e wgengine.Engine, mc *magicsock.Conn) (wgengine.FakeImpl, error) {
+	return nil, errors.New("netstack is not supported on 32-bit platforms for now; see https://github.com/google/gvisor/issues/5241")
 }
diff --git a/wgengine/userspace.go b/wgengine/userspace.go
index 952abfc09..fcbdd1eeb 100644
--- a/wgengine/userspace.go
+++ b/wgengine/userspace.go
@@ -146,26 +146,33 @@ type EngineConfig struct {
 	// which disables such features as DNS configuration and unrestricted ICMP Echo responses.
 	Fake bool
 
-	// FakeImpl, if non-nil, specifies which type of fake implementation to
-	// use. Two values are typical: nil, for a basic ping-only fake
-	// implementation, and netstack.Impl, which brings in gvisor's netstack
-	// to the binary. The desire to keep that out of some binaries is why
-	// this func exists, so wgengine need not depend on gvisor.
-	FakeImpl FakeImplFunc
+	// FakeImplFactory, if non-nil, creates a FakeImpl to use as a fake engine
+	// implementation. Two values are typical: nil, for a basic ping-only fake
+	// implementation, and netstack.Create, which creates a userspace network
+	// stack using gvisor's netstack. The desire to keep netstack out of some
+	// binaries is why the FakeImpl interface exists, so wgengine need not
+	// depend on gvisor.
+	FakeImplFactory FakeImplFactory
 }
 
-// FakeImplFunc is the type used by EngineConfig.FakeImpl. See docs there.
-type FakeImplFunc func(logger.Logf, *tstun.TUN, Engine, *magicsock.Conn) error
+// FakeImpl is a fake or alternate version of Engine that can be started. See
+// EngineConfig.FakeImplFactory for details.
+type FakeImpl interface {
+	Start() error
+}
 
-func NewFakeUserspaceEngine(logf logger.Logf, listenPort uint16, impl FakeImplFunc) (Engine, error) {
+// FakeImplFactory is the type of a function used to create FakeImpls.
+type FakeImplFactory func(logger.Logf, *tstun.TUN, Engine, *magicsock.Conn) (FakeImpl, error)
+
+func NewFakeUserspaceEngine(logf logger.Logf, listenPort uint16, impl FakeImplFactory) (Engine, error) {
 	logf("Starting userspace wireguard engine (with fake TUN device)")
 	conf := EngineConfig{
-		Logf:       logf,
-		TUN:        tstun.NewFakeTUN(),
-		RouterGen:  router.NewFake,
-		ListenPort: listenPort,
-		Fake:       true,
-		FakeImpl:   impl,
+		Logf:            logf,
+		TUN:             tstun.NewFakeTUN(),
+		RouterGen:       router.NewFake,
+		ListenPort:      listenPort,
+		Fake:            true,
+		FakeImplFactory: impl,
 	}
 	return NewUserspaceEngineAdvanced(conf)
 }
@@ -282,8 +289,12 @@ func newUserspaceEngineAdvanced(conf EngineConfig) (_ Engine, reterr error) {
 
 	// Respond to all pings only in fake mode.
 	if conf.Fake {
-		if impl := conf.FakeImpl; impl != nil {
-			if err := impl(logf, e.tundev, e, e.magicConn); err != nil {
+		if f := conf.FakeImplFactory; f != nil {
+			impl, err := f(logf, e.tundev, e, e.magicConn)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			if err := impl.Start(); err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
 		} else {