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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.