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Re: ipV6 disconnecting
My RAXE500 keeps dropping IPV6 connectivity. After a few days when you check using whatismyipaddress.com, the site reports no ipv6 connectivity at all. If you go into the router's ipv6 settings, "Rou...
"Fiber jack" is what Google calls their modems (device between fiber optic cable and router). They installed a model GFLT300. They fully support IPV6 and keep saying the problem is on my end. This makes sense when you reboot the router and IPV6 immediately comes back. I just checked and IPV6 is active. No reboot needed at this time.
The only way to get IPV6 to work on this router is to use auto-config. All other methods don't work.
With respect to the DNS servers on the router, none are perfect. Do you recommend switching back to the ISP's servers instead? I keep hearing Google is notorious for spying on everybody. Will using Cloudflare's (or anyone else's) servers help in any way?
You can try any custom IPv6 DNS service. Try Cloudfare or Quad9 and see if the problem continues.
sudo-visudo wrote:"Fiber jack" is what Google calls their modems (device between fiber optic cable and router). They installed a model GFLT300. They fully support IPV6 and keep saying the problem is on my end. This makes sense when you reboot the router and IPV6 immediately comes back. I just checked and IPV6 is active. No reboot needed at this time.
The only way to get IPV6 to work on this router is to use auto-config. All other methods don't work.
With respect to the DNS servers on the router, none are perfect. Do you recommend switching back to the ISP's servers instead? I keep hearing Google is notorious for spying on everybody. Will using Cloudflare's (or anyone else's) servers help in any way?
Does your "Fiber Jack" device have more than one Ethernet output port that would indicate a combination ONT/router type device? Does your Fiber Jack device broadcast any Wi-Fi signals?
Until you get your IPv6 issue sorted, it would not hurt to go back to the DNS servers from your ISP. When you get it working, then you can experiment with various other DNS server options.
This is a pretty good DNS test link: https://browserleaks.com/dns
If your router works with IPv6 Auto-config, it selects one of the stand alone options. Through trial and error (with reboot), should be able to figure out which one.
[quote]Does your "Fiber Jack" device have more than one Ethernet output port that would indicate a combination ONT/router type device? Does your Fiber Jack device broadcast any Wi-Fi signals?[/quote]
There is just one ethernet port on the fiber jack that connects to a router. The jack itself has no WiFi. Google offers that separately assuming you use their router. I don't like that.
[quote]This is a pretty good DNS test link: https://browserleaks.com/dns -[/quote]
No leaks. Both IPV4 and IPV6 servers show up. All Cloudflare.
[quote]If your router works with IPv6 Auto-config, it selects one of the stand alone options. Through trial and error (with reboot), should be able to figure out which one.[/quote]
In the event you're not running into this issue at all, what are your router's IPV6 settings. Maybe mine is off somewhere.
sudo-visudo wrote:[quote]Does your "Fiber Jack" device have more than one Ethernet output port that would indicate a combination ONT/router type device? Does your Fiber Jack device broadcast any Wi-Fi signals?[/quote]
There is just one ethernet port on the fiber jack that connects to a router. The jack itself has no WiFi. Google offers that separately assuming you use their router. I don't like that.
[quote]This is a pretty good DNS test link: https://browserleaks.com/dns -[/quote]
No leaks. Both IPV4 and IPV6 servers show up. All Cloudflare.
[quote]If your router works with IPv6 Auto-config, it selects one of the stand alone options. Through trial and error (with reboot), should be able to figure out which one.[/quote]
In the event you're not running into this issue at all, what are your router's IPV6 settings. Maybe mine is off somewhere.
My ISP is Comcast cable. Remember, the IPv4 and IPv6 settings are in different sections of the user interface.
For the wide are network IP addresses I use the DHCP option to obtain both from Comcast. For DNS, I configure specific addresses in each respective section. For primary DNS I specify OpenDNS for each. For secondary DNS configuration, I specify the primary DNS addresses for my ISP.
For some other options to use for public DNS, see attached.
