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GusTTavo
Oct 18, 2026Aspirant
Clients on Orbi Wi-Fi receive an IPv6 default gateway from an Orbi unit
I have a similar problem... My BGW320 is set to passthrough to my ORBI RBE770+2 satellites... Clients on Orbi Wi-Fi receive an IPv6 default gateway from an Orbi unit (fe80::ca10:2...
GusTTavo
Oct 19, 2026Aspirant
Thank you all for your replies.
I understand what you meant about the devices generating their own IPv6 addresses.
I just can't understand and fix the reason. While the Orbi is in AP mode, I can't use some features on some devices and as soon as I have it set to be in router mode, all flows nicely... to some extent...
Since the IPv6 doesn't add much to my day-to-day, I will leave it off on all the internet broadcasting devices.
What I am really trying to fix is to have the Orbi in AP mode to have the Firewalla controling the flows and help me with bufferbloat... and it seems I can't do it... even trying to use I is not helping me much. If only Netgear would include some sort of SQM in their software, it would be awesome...
Thanks again!
- FURRYe38Oct 19, 2026Guru - Experienced User
Something you might ask the Firewalla forums about as seems your trying to use that device to control various things on your network. They may know more.