Verizon Fios and IPV6, Which Settings Work?
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@betapc no you have to set the router mode to managed on the RA section if you are using DHCPv6.
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@jeremy-duncan I made the changes still no working, I got all the IPV6 address, DNS server running but no connection outside of my network.
I don't know what else to do. I already did a clean installation of pFSense, still nothing.
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I actually found out a bit more about what was going on.
Since I have pfsense virtualized with a didcated nic card on pfsense i decided to restore a backup I had from a few days ago. I found out that i had PFBlockerNG installed but for some reason it was not active. ( i must have been messing with some testing and disabled it)
Meaning that for some reason when you have it installed but it's disabled it basically completelly opens holes like this on your firewall (not sure what happens on the IPV4 side though) . This is a major bug ! As soon as i activated pfblockerng I couldnt ping or ssh my VMs anymore same if uninstalled it. As soon i tried to disable it but still have it installed. Boom...everything open.
I only have PFBlocker on WAN interface for inbound and my main Lan and dedicated Homelab Lan for outbout, and everything is configured automatically as floating rules.... basically blocking inbound except for a few IP blocking settings on both inboud and outbound.
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@jeremy-duncan my set up is pFSense connected directly to ONT. Still not working. I was talking to FIOS customer support and they sent me a new router, I connected to the ONT, same issue, router provided all IPV6 address and getaways but no connection. The ONT is like 9 year old, I don't think that is the problem. I think the problem is more the implementation.
It's frustrating because some services were down and I didn't know why, and then I found because they were trying to connect using IPV6.
Even pFSense wasn't updating or retrieving any packages because of the IPV6. I checked on pFSense only use IPV4 and fixed my network issues.
Any suggestions how to make FIOS to fix this issues?
Thanks.
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I have IPV6 working 100 % on FIOS network on all my interfaces using pFSense, finally after couple days.
Thanks everybody for the input, with this post I was able to enable IPV6. Thanks to @ jeremy.duncan and @MikeV7896.
These are my setting for future reference. I am using pFSense Plus.
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@betapc what ended up being your fix?
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@betapc There had been some IPv6 routing issues in NJ that are believed to have been resolved earlier today... so might've been affected by that?
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@jeremy-duncan I did what you told me to change Router mode: Managed, and also I unchecked Provide DNS servers to DHCPv6 clients on all the interfaces, then unplugged all the cables from pFSense, FIOS ONT turn off and unplugged from the electricity, turned on without any cables, turned off again, plugged all the cables and turned on again.
Truth to be told I don't really know what made the trick.
Thanks
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@mikev7896 Anyway, everything is working for now, thank you guys for all information you had provided, because this post was a huge help.
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Thanks for your posts. I've been having the same issues on my network and your settings helped me to figure out what I was doing wrong.
I'm up and running now also.
Perth Amboy, NJ
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Just posting this here to save anyone a little time...
@MikeV7896 has an awesome frequently-updated sheet on OneDrive that is tracking the rollout. No sense in banging your head against the wall if your area's CO hasn't been lit up yet.
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To your point, I do not see my area on the list. I can confirm, this started working today. let me know what info you need to update it to my area also.
I'm in Perth Amboy, NJ
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@slatterly6523 It's not my list - I can't edit it. I would message MikeV over on the DSLR thread and let him know.
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Yeah, tracking the rollout is a bit out of scope for here (since this is the pfSense support forum)... post in the DSLR thread and I'll get your CO added to the list.
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Hi everybody, this is an update, today I did a clean installation of pFSense, out of the box I had IPV6 without any issues, I didn't have to change any settings, I have full access. Then I upgraded to pFSense plus, same thing I didn't have any issues, full IPV6 working out of the box.
The size of the IPV6 is 56 automatically Verizon provided the size to pFSense, again I didn't change any settings.
The only strange thing is the size of the IPV6 change when I upgraded to pFSense plus. I didn't have the time to figure out what happened.
So far is working.
I think Mike is right, looks like some areas just started rolling out dual stack and there is some technical issues in the implementation, couple more weeks of patience for some areas, I was waiting for Verizon implementation of dual stack for almost 10 year.
Thanks everyone for your posts, they were really helpful.
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@betapc Are you able to share full screenshots of the Router Advertisements page? What, if anything, do you have checked? I have everything set up the same as your screenshots, but for whatever reason IPv6 traffic is not passing. I even found that spreadsheet that says that my CO should be live (since the end of July). Everything was working with Hurricane Electric before, so not sure if I'm missing something here.
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@jdefuria Is frustrating to make it work, I still have the same setting, still working. The only thing I change was the router advertisement mode to assisted because they can do both DHCPv6 server and/or stateless auto-configuration.
So far is working same settings, the only issue if you release the IP address to get a new one take time, you have to reboot pFSense.
The problem with Verizon support they don't tell you if there is a issue on their side, they do all this rebooting multiples times and that's it. They sent me a new Verizon router that was their solution, and even with the new router didn't work because they were having issues with IPv6, couple days later just work, after I spend hours trying to make work. I tested my ONT if I was getting an IPv6 was with the Verizon router before connecting my pFSense.
If you have a Verizon router connected directly to you ONT and then you login into router setting and you can see if you are getting the IPv6 address and if you connect a laptop and then you test it with IPv6 test web page, if that doesn't works is because Verizon still have issues. If the laptop works and past the IPv6 test, so something is not right with the pFSense configuration.
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@betapc thanks for posting- I will have to find a time to plug in directly to to ONT and see. I just found the thread on DSLreports where the spreadsheet comes from, and it looks like someone else posted that they are having issues at the Marlton, NJ CO. I wonder if itās not really āonā here yet!
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@jdefuria I spend hours with FiOS customer support, I did clean installation of pFSense. Spend days trying to configure everything on pFSense and nothing, until I figure out that was FIOS problem. The worst part customer service don't confirm or denied if they are providing IPv6 in the area or if is working without issues.
The settings I post still working with out issues.
The only problem is traffic shaping, I still unable to configure it right, my bufferbloat is really high. I tired all the settings and nothing.
I have IPv6 connection speed and connection are good. All my devices are working properly so far.
