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-geoff
Follower
Apr 05, 2020

Bug: RBR20 incorrectly uses link-local router IPv6 address as address for IPv6 DNS server.

There is a bug in either the SLAAC/DHCPv6/DNS server configuration when IPv6 (in auto-config and DHCP modes (etc.) is enabled. After IPv6 Neighbor Discovery ICMPv6 and Router Solicitation it is appro...
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CrimpOn
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 05, 2020
-geoff wrote:

However, instead of assigning the gateway's IPv6 external address when assigning DNS servers to clients, it assigns the link-local address instead. That is, if my link-local IPv4 and IPv6 router addresses are 192.168.1.1 and fe80::26a0:74ff:fe74:caf1
 (which are correct), presently, these same addresses are being assigned to clients as DCHP servers as well (incorrect).

Is "DCHP" a typo that should be  "DNS"?

What is your temporary fix?  Turning off IPv6?