I am with a ISP who provide a Static IP. They are moving us over tp IPv6 and have provided me with the IPv6 settings. I have the WAN IP6 Address, WAN IP6 Gateway , and the LAN IP6 Network address. How do I go about setting up my Orbi RBR 50 router? I am using a iMac with OS version 10.13.6. I have logged into the Orbi settings and enabled the iPv6 and selected the Fixed option, and entered all of the appropriate settings. On my iMac, when I go into my Network Preferences it shows that it has registered the iPv 6 settings. BUT when I run a Traceroute using a iPv6 address, like for Google or Cloudflare it says the host is unknown or do a ping it is unable to complete it. It says "cannot resolve the address , unknown host.
When I go to iPv6 test site it does not recognise my iPv6 settings. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I have done wrong and how to fix it?? I have rebooted the computer. Assistance would be appreciated.
I am with a ISP who provide a Static IP. They are moving us over tp IPv6 and have provided me with the IPv6 settings. I have the WAN IP6 Address, WAN IP6 Gateway , and the LAN IP6 Network address. How do I go about setting up my Orbi RBR 50 router?
Thanks for the "heads up", as this may eventually happen to more (and more) of us. I am puzzled that the ISP does not offer to supply the IPv6 information using DHCP. Having a "static IP" means that it is assigned specifically to you and will not be changed unexpectedly. I do not see what would prevent the ISP from responding to a DHCP request with the information specific to your account.
How did you decide that "fixed" was the correct option to select? Page 87 in the Orbi User Manual:
I live in Australia and we have National Broadband Network, and in my case I have Fibre to the Home. The modem, which the NBN Co supply is called a NetworkTerminationDevice ( NTD) and the Orbi is connected to one of its data ( UNI-D ) Ports. The ISP informs me which port to use.
I have inputed the iPv6 information provided by my ISP into the Orbi iPv6 settings. I have Applied them and they appear to registered on the Orbi.
Within the iPv6 setting I have selected the " Fixed " option as I have a Static iPv6 address.
When I run a iPv6 test it appears that the test doesn't recognise the iPv6 settings. It recognises the iPv4 settings.
hi Crimp on, thanks for responding, just for your info I live in Australia where we have a National Broad Band Network and my case I have Fibre to the Home which provides very fast speeds.
I used the " Fixed " setting as I assumed that as I have a Static iPv6 address that would be the appropriate setting??
hi Crimp on, thanks for responding, just for your info I live in Australia where we have a National Broad Band Network and my case I have Fibre to the Home which provides very fast speeds.
I used the " Fixed " setting as I assumed that as I have a Static iPv6 address that would be the appropriate setting??
Reading the Orbi User Manual about IPv6 makes me dizzy. I would probably call the ISP (who gave me the IPv6 iinformation) and ask, "how the heck do I set up my router with this? Can't I just keep using DHCP and have your network send me the settings when I ask for them?"
I live in Australia and we have National Broadband Network, and in my case I have Fibre to the Home. The modem, which the NBN Co supply is called a NetworkTerminationDevice ( NTD) and the Orbi is connected to one of its data ( UNI-D ) Ports. The ISP informs me which port to use.
I have inputed the iPv6 information provided by my ISP into the Orbi iPv6 settings. I have Applied them and they appear to registered on the Orbi.
Within the iPv6 setting I have selected the " Fixed " option as I have a Static iPv6 address.
When I run a iPv6 test it appears that the test doesn't recognise the iPv6 settings. It recognises the iPv4 settings.
I am with a ISP who provide a Static IP. They are moving us over tp IPv6 and have provided me with the IPv6 settings. I have the WAN IP6 Address, WAN IP6 Gateway , and the LAN IP6 Network address. How do I go about setting up my Orbi RBR 50 router? I am using a iMac with OS version 10.13.6. I have logged into the Orbi settings and enabled the iPv6 and selected the Fixed option, and entered all of the appropriate settings. On my iMac, when I go into my Network Preferences it shows that it has registered the iPv 6 settings. BUT when I run a Traceroute using a iPv6 address, like for Google or Cloudflare it says the host is unknown or do a ping it is unable to complete it. It says "cannot resolve the address , unknown host.
When I go to iPv6 test site it does not recognise my iPv6 settings. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I have done wrong and how to fix it?? I have rebooted the computer. Assistance would be appreciated.
As @FURRYe38 mentioned, there can be issues on the device which prevent IPv6 operation. I had a similar result from the test-ipv6.com web site, and then realized that although my Orbi has IPv6 configured, both of my Windows machines were "IPv4 Only". My smartphone passed easily (because I had not tinkered with it). I know nothing about iMac network settings, but it might be worth taking a few minutes to try some other devices.
I would also test IPv6 from the Orbi router itself. i.e. telnet into the router, log in, and enter a command such as
ping 2001:4860:4860::8888
(IPv6 for Google DNS) or
traceroute 2001:4860:4860::8888
If these fail from the Orbi router, than the iMac settings are probably fine.
When I reread the original post, I do not see anything about IPv6 DNS servers. Ping and traceroute do not need DNS, but "Cannot resolve host" might to be related to a DNS issue? (Or not. Getting up to speed on IPv6 appears to be more difficult than I had hoped it would be.)
