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Ggogo2368
Aspirant
Dec 19, 2019

Home network security issues

Need help with a lot of issues on my home network. Using the Orbi RBR50 with one satellite and the Orbi outdoor extender. I have contacted Gearhead support numerous times without resolution (do not be...
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CrimpOn
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 19, 2019
Ggogo2368 wrote:
several ipv6 addresses appeared (which I have ipv6 off at the router)

My impression may be incorrect, however I believe that Orbi support for IPv6 has no effect on other devices inside the LAN.  i.e. if a device in the LAN is set up to support IPv6, it will merrily blast away with IPv6 packets, especially broadcast packets.  When I put Wireshark in promiscuous mode and capture only IPv6 packets, there are devices on my network generating packets.  I believe the default for a lot of devices is to support both IPv4 and IPv6 (it certainly is for Windows)