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marchyman
Jun 25, 2023Aspirant
RBR850 ipv6 drops through connections?
Since switching from an old Apple Airport to an RBR850 with one RBS850 satellite (wired) I can not maintain a persistent connection through the Orbi hardware when using ipv6. Xfinity is my provid...
plemans
Jun 26, 2023Guru - Experienced User
I've seen reports of issues with ipv6 and xfinity on multiple devices. Not just the orbi.
I used a pihole and my ipv6 seems to be more stable (with ipv6 changed in orbi/pihole).
You don't need ipv6 enabled. It should still work fine with just ipv4 working.
marchyman
Jun 26, 2023Aspirant
I don't understand how using a pihole changes anything? I've pihole running on a mostly idle 3B+ providing DNS to my local net. Works well for what it does.