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LeadPipe
Aug 11, 2023Aspirant
Nighthawk R8000Pturn on IPV6
Hi I have a P8000 and I’m trying to turn on IPv6 to run an Xbox series x. Is there a way to turn this on? The version I have is V1.4.4.94. My ISP is Hotwire communications. I have very little technic...
- Aug 16, 2023
Tech was here made a bunch of calls and determined IPV6 isn’t available yet. “It’s something we’re working on”. It’s 50/50 if it’s actually not turned on or they just wanted to get rid of me. But anyway thanks everyone for the help.
LeadPipe
Aug 11, 2023Aspirant
I have a call into my ISP the agent that I talked to “thought” it was supported but they are having a tech call me back. I made the changes it the router but it says
“Router,s IPV6 address on WAN not available”.
this is a fiber optic line so I would be surprised if it wasn’t supported..
thanks!
Kitsap
Aug 11, 2023Master
LeadPipe wrote:I have a call into my ISP the agent that I talked to “thought” it was supported but they are having a tech call me back. I made the changes it the router but it says
“Router,s IPV6 address on WAN not available”.
this is a fiber optic line so I would be surprised if it wasn’t supported..
thanks!
Repeat question: What is the brand name and model number of your Optical Network Terminal (ONT)?
I agree, I would be surprised if your ISP (Hotwire Communications) does not support IPv6. It should also be fairly standard support coming from Florida USA.
First step would be to power down your network and restart it in sequence. Pull the power cord on your ONT, router, and game station. Wait a few seconds and power up your ONT. Give it plenty of time to boot and stabilize. Now power up your router and give it plenty of time to boot and stabilize. Power up the rest of your devices.
If you are using a Windows computer, go to the task manager and look at the network connection section under the performance tab. It should show an IPv6 address for your computer.
- LeadPipeAug 11, 2023Aspirant
Did all that and no change. I feel something in the router is blocking it. I Don’t know how to check the computer like you said but I can see through the nighthawk app that it’s assigned a “regular” IPV4 IP address.