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Determine IPv6 for a connected device
Greetings,
I'm installing a new Ethernet device (it's a printer) and I made a slight oopsie.
I disabled IPv4 in the web admin panel, because my network is 100% IPv6. Unfortunately I was connected via IPv4 to the web admin panel!
Now I'm trying to determine the device's IPv6 assigned address(es) which should be at least one link-local and at least one routable: Surely the Nighthawk admin panels know this.
I have access control enabled and I made sure to unblock/allow the device as soon as it showed up. So it had no connectivity problems and should be reachable over IPv6, but that seems not to be the case.
Where in the Nighthawk RS300 admin panels can I find/determine IPv6 addresses of connected devices? Thanks!
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Try testing here as well:
test-ipv6.com
If you have native IPv6 support from your ISP.
so the only problem is the printer?
Factory reset it and just let it rock ipv4?The printers configuration page could show networking status and information. Something to check with the printers mfr about. I know HP printers show IPv6 information when enabled and have IPv6 configuration support.
Greetings,
Today, we tweaked one or two IPv6 settin" gs on my RS300, and we noticed that it was already malfunctioning. We were unsure whether "RIPng" was a necessary setting.
However, we have often observed that IPv6 stops working: that is, for client devices on the inside of my LAN on a normal ISP connection, they lose their unique globally-routed IPv6 assignments and Network Prefix. There is no particular reason for this that we've been able to discern.
The Netgear router is typically configured to "Auto Config" under the Advanced-> IPv6 settings. But it also often loses the "Router IPv6 address on WAN" and/or "Router IPv6 address on LAN" for no reason. Our workaround for this is usually to tweak the "Auto Detect" setting to "Auto Detect" or off/then on, or something else, briefly "Apply" and then revert to the settings which had originally worked.
Our ISP appears to not have implemented DHCPv6. Therefore the DHCPv6 settings were non-functional. However, SLAAC is typically functional, and it is the usual way we obtain the Network Prefix delegated from ISP.
Furthermore, if anyone knows a way to easily do introspection on IPv6 and IPv4 WAN addresses, please let us know. Formerly, we used English Wikipedia, or Meta or Commons while logged out, but that doesn't work due to their privacy restrictions now. "whatismyipaddress dot com" is clogged with nearly malicious ads and streaming video that bombard us as soon as we visit that site. We cannot find any IPv6-capable tools on dynu.com, which is a really good site otherwise!
Whos your ISP?
What Firmware version is currently loaded?
What is the Mfr and model# of the Internet Service Providers modem/ONT the NG router is connected too?
Using ISP detected IPv6 DNS or custom IPv6 DNS?
Be sure to test any IPv6 configurations out here:
test-ipv6.com
Today, we tweaked one or two IPv6 settin" gs on my RS300, and we noticed that it was already malfunctioning. We were unsure whether "RIPng" was a necessary setting.
However, we have often observed that IPv6 stops working: that is, for client devices on the inside of my LAN on a normal ISP connection, they lose their unique globally-routed IPv6 assignments and Network Prefix. There is no particular reason for this that we've been able to discern.
The Netgear router is typically configured to "Auto Config" under the Advanced-> IPv6 settings. But it also often loses the "Router IPv6 address on WAN" and/or "Router IPv6 address on LAN" for no reason. Our workaround for this is usually to tweak the "Auto Detect" setting to "Auto Detect" or off/then on, or something else, briefly "Apply" and then revert to the settings which had originally worked.
Our ISP appears to not have implemented DHCPv6. Therefore the DHCPv6 settings were non-functional. However, SLAAC is typically functional, and it is the usual way we obtain the Network Prefix delegated from ISP.
Furthermore, if anyone knows a way to easily do introspection on IPv6 and IPv4 WAN addresses, please let us know. Formerly, we used English Wikipedia, or Meta or Commons while logged out, but that doesn't work due to their privacy restrictions now. "whatismyipaddress dot com" is clogged with nearly malicious ads and streaming video that bombard us as soon as we visit that site. We cannot find any IPv6-capable tools on dynu.com, which is a really good site otherwise!Not srue who your ISP is but Xfinity's DNS for IPv6 has had issues. Use a different DNS provider.
Mine is stable when its not on xfinity's.
I don't have any issues with Xfinity ISP and ipv6 with my RS500 router, although ipv6 feels a bit slower with Xfinity. Auto detect show detect the type of ISP connection in use. Xfinity uses DHCPv6 with prefix delegation.
