Hello,

Our ISP has recently enabled dual stack IPv4/IPv6 across it's network. This has led me to configure and start looking at the Orbi configuration for IPv6 to try and mirror what we have available on IPv4.

The IPv4 configuration is such that we run a local dhcp server which is also a pi-hole. This allows us to filter content and track what is being DNS resolved across the network. This capability has been extremely useful when trying to diagnose malicious network traffic etc and it's logging capabilities are much more useful than what I have from the netgear armor/filtering/block sites.

That leaves me with the Orbi IPv6 configuration which allows me to hand out the IPv6 DNS server if it has a constant IPv6 address. Unfortunately with the ISP configuration we have a dynamically allocated IPv6 /64 which means the starting prefix regularly changes. This seems to be a very common configuration for ISP's around the globe. The Orbi allows me to configure an interface id for itself whiich means it always get the same network address within the prefix that has been allocated by the ISP. Is there any way to get the orbi to either

* Have IPv6 autoconfig and dhcp disabled (on the orbi) and still run IPv6 with the autoconf or dhcpv5 being handled by a second device

* Have the Orbi allocate the IPv6 DNS servers based on an offset or token similar to how it handles the interface id for it's own allocation. On linux this is typically done via IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration.

* Other options I have not thought about??

It seems that the Orbi range of products lack real IPv6 support which seems odd given the global shortage of IPv4 addresses becoming a more pressing issue. I currently manage numerous businesses with Orbi's that have the same problem and need to find a solution as turning off IPv6 is not viable as more services are becoming IPv6 only. (see https://www.hetzner.com/news/12-21-ipv6-only/ as a recent example).

Is there something that I am missing in terms of capabilities or is there a way to turn on a more advanced configuration mode on the orbis?

FYI. I am also unable to select RBR850 from the drop down Model menu at the top of this form.

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RBR850 IPv6 Support