, , (tagged you all because I wanted to provide an update on my system/setup/internet). I’ve had a lot going on this year, so had to put this on the back burner for a bit, but since the last time I posted I have switched ISPs after being with my former for over 10+ years. Their new equipment must do soon incredibly weird voodoo that the Orbi system hates and then combat that with crappy performance after their honeymoon period, that also didn’t help either. Even with upgrading my PTP link to Ubiquiti Wave Picos to completely rule out interference with the Orbi system, any time I would add a wirelessly backhauled satellite into the network, entire network would slow down. Additionally, I updated my system to 9.13.1.2 since then.

Now, fast forward to current, my new ISP is Starlink and man has it been bliss. No weird wireless backhauled slowdowns and random slow performance on WAN in general. I push 300-500DL, 50-80up. Ping is 20-25. Doesn’t matter if connected device is wired or wireless, I always get whatever WAN pushes. However, this only works if I leave IPv6 disabled. Starlink does support IPv6 natively, but although the WAN reports always getting an IPv6 address from Starlink when enabled, over time the entire network is unable to have IPv6 traffic routed despite all of my devices seeing and reporting IPv6 address and the IPv6 DNS servers (Cloudflare). If I reboot the Orbi system, IPv6 test website reports 10/10 on test scores, but then eventually over time, it’ll report 0/10 and only IPv4 will be utilized a crossed the entire network. Factory resetting the system also does not fix this permanently. It’s not a Starlink issue, but an Orbi firmware issue as it only affects LAN and not WAN itself. I have to also leave it disabled because it makes the speeds take a nose dive the minute IPv6 traffic on LAN stops being routed.

As for the beta access of firmware, Netgear made a ticket, I responded, and to this day, got no response. I followed up, still got no response. Anyone else out here seeing IPv6 issues on the current firmware?

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Orbi 970 FW 9.13.1.2 - IPv6 LAN Issues