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Dan15
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Oct 01, 2020
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IPv6 working on PC but not phone or tablet

Hi, I'm having trouble getting IPv6 working on some devices. It's working on my computer with no issues (I get a score of 10/10 on https://test-ipv6.com/), however my phone and tablet are not acquir...
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    microchip8
    Oct 01, 2020

    Android does not support DHCPv6, only SLAAC (auto config). If you want IPv6 on your Android devices, use Auto Config (SLAAC)

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microchip8
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Oct 01, 2020

Android does not support DHCPv6, only SLAAC (auto config). If you want IPv6 on your Android devices, use Auto Config (SLAAC)

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Dan15
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Oct 02, 2020
microchip8 wrote:

Android does not support DHCPv6, only SLAAC (auto config). If you want IPv6 on your Android devices, use Auto Config (SLAAC)

Perfect, thank you! I changed it to SLAAC and now everything is working fine. I think I originally changed it to DHCPv6 because I was having issues with IPv6 on my laptop, but it seems fine now.