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Intoxicating's avatar
Intoxicating
Guide
Jan 11, 2024

IPv6 DHCP

Hi,   Enabled IPv6 DHCP, the router gets the WAN allocation and devices get IPv6 addresses but no IPv6 traffic passes through.  I’ve also noticed that even when using custom IPv6 DNS that the ...
microchip8's avatar
microchip8
Master
Jan 11, 2024
How do you know no IPv6 traffic passes through?
Intoxicating's avatar
Intoxicating
Guide
Jan 11, 2024
microchip8 wrote:
How do you know no IPv6 traffic passes through?

Because no IPv6 is detected when running a IPv6 test https://test-ipv6.com and can’t connect to IPv6 only sites yet when the Orbi is connected the IPv6 test and IPv6 only sites work. 

Thanks

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jan 11, 2024

    If you can enable debug logging on the RBR and collect them before enabling IPv6 and DCHP there, then go thru the motions of checking IPv6 testing then after testing, save off the debug logs and get them to NG. Would be helpful for NG to review these logs. Post this up on a cloud service then send a share link to NG:

    BH_C 

    • Intoxicating's avatar
      Intoxicating
      Guide
      Jan 11, 2024

      Thanks FURRYe38 

       

      Have sent BH-C a PM with the .zips from both.

       

      Thanks

      • FURRYe38's avatar
        FURRYe38
        Guru - Experienced User
        Jan 11, 2024

        Awesome. Hopefully that will help NG get a fix in place. 
        Thank you for your time.