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Setting IPv6 DNS
I'm trying to specify an IPv6 DNS server in the web interface. When I try to enter the address I want to use, it gives me this error:
"The Primary DNS Server is not valid; it has to be a global unicast address"
The address I'm using is fe80::7671:4c95:8cf5:3367
I'm entering it as fe80:0000:0000:0000:7671:4c95:8cf5:3367
Router is on firmware V1.0.4.2_10.1.10.
Any suggestions?
For anyone interested I ended up installing xwrt-vortex (http://xvtx.ru/xwrt/index.htm) which allowed me to set a local ipv6 DNS host and take full advantage of ipv6 DNS filtering for pi-hole (https://pi-hole.net)
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I think you can only use public IPv6 DNS servers. fe80 is a local address
Any idea why? Is this an r7000 restriction? I'm attempting to set up a local DNS server but am having no luck due to this error for ipv6
not an R7000 restriction, rather sh*tty stock firmware one
- Thanks! Pi-hole was why I was doing this. I had thought about different firmware but hadn't explored it.
