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Strange Reddit IPv6 issue
Hi there, I've got a relatively new 770 on the latest firmware v10.5.20.7 things work mostly as they should but there is a consistent issue that I believe is a bug possibly. When I have IPv6 ...
So this one user who has the 970 series and and spectrum is using the following on theres:
"Using 'Auto Config' with Cloudfare IPv6 addresses manually entered in the 'IPv6 Domain Name Server (DNS) Address' area."
Some to try with your system.
Is that the same as the person from this thread? "Issues with various apps on android devices" because it sounds like the same issue and they seem to say that just shutting IPv6 off is the solution for them. I can't do that unfortunately I need IPv6 for other things. Accessing Reddit is just the most consistent way to see the issue.
No. User whom I refer to is on Spectrum with a CM3000 and 970 series system.
I have the same issue with the 770 series on xfinity using a nighthawk modem. I helped that other user the other day with the 870 series for the same exact thing using a different isp and modem. IPV6 seems to be broken in all the new orbi wifi 7 series. It is not an ISP issue since it seems to be happening with all of them and different modems. The router does not lose the ipv6 ip, they just stop resolving the dns for ipv6 on android and android does not default back to ipv4 because it still has an ipv6 ip so the dns for ipv6 does not work and your apps wont work right. I even noticed my laptop using a qualcomm card does it randomly but comes back. I have already had one android device not working on the network while at the same time another device is working perfectly. The only way to correct the device not working is to cycle on and off the wifi till it stops passing the dns traffic again. Cloudflare warp will give you ipv6 even if you have it disabled in the router but you will take a speed hit. For now I have disabled ipv6 till netgear figures out the issue.
Yes it seems that this is what is happening. Hard to test for I suppose, but given there was a previous issue with the iPhone I would assume they would be more rigorous with their testing. IPv6 does seem janky, hopefully they can figure this out as it's a major inconvenience and I can't turn off IPv6 without creating other issues. Its good that others are reporting this too so it gets more attention.
Have you tried this yet on your RBR?
"Using 'Auto Config' with Cloudfare IPv6 addresses manually entered in the 'IPv6 Domain Name Server (DNS) Address' area."
