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ColinDexter's avatar
Jul 09, 2018
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NETGEAR GS108PE-300EUS and IPv6

I Just have bought a GS108PE-300EUS. But it seems it doesn’t support IPv6? I had expected that all new devices already had IPv6 support.

I have seen that there is newer firmware. If I install this, does this almost solve the IPv6 problem?

 

Best regards,

Colin

  • Hi, Thanks for your help. I have found that the setting “Block Unknown Multicast Address” blocks the IPv6 . Best regards, Colin

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  • DaneA's avatar
    DaneA
    NETGEAR Employee Retired

    Hi ColinDexter,

     

    Welcome to the community! :) 

     

    I'm afraid to inform your that GS108PEv3 switch only supports IPv6 Passthrough and this is not a limitation.  

     

    To know the NETGEAR switch models that supports IPv6, kindly access the link below then scroll down on the right side pane then click on "IPv4 and IPv6 Support" and check IPv6 Management, Routing & Security.  

     

    NETGEAR Product Switch Selector

     

     

    Regards,

     

    DaneA

    NETGEAR Community Team

  • Hi  Dane,

     

    Thanks, also for the answer.  But sorry to say, it does not even pass-through IPv6. I Expected that. But it simply blocks IPv6. And that I didn’t expect :-(

     

    Even when you config it as a simple switch without vlan’s it block IPv6.

     

    Regards,

    Colin

  • DaneA's avatar
    DaneA
    NETGEAR Employee Retired

    ColinDexter,

     

    I have seen that there is newer firmware. If I install this, does this almost solve the IPv6 problem?

    Let us try this.  Since you have seen that there is a new firmware, I suggest you to update the firmware of the GS108PEv3 switch to the latest version which is v2.06.03.  You can download it here.  Be sure to perform a factory reset the GS108PEv3 switch after upgrading the firmware then reconfigure the settings from scratch in order to start clean using the latest firmware version.  Then, check if IPv6 Passthroguh will work on the GS108PEv3 switch.

     

     

    Regards,

     

    DaneA

    NETGEAR Community Team

    • Hi, Thanks for your help. I have found that the setting “Block Unknown Multicast Address” blocks the IPv6 . Best regards, Colin

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