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    • BackMupB
      BackMup @Bob.Dig
      last edited by

      @bob-dig
      True, for the clients it's not that important.
      I will give it a try with Assisted.

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      • JKnottJ
        JKnott @Bob.Dig
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        @bob-dig said in Register IPv6 in DNS Resolver with only RA enabled:

        Assisted is good and android gets an IP but no name.

        The other side of this is how often will this be needed? All my devices are listed in host overrides. I just had to do it once.

        PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
        i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
        UniFi AC-Lite access point

        I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

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        • Bob.DigB
          Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @BackMup
          last edited by Bob.Dig

          @backmup The reason you don't need a name for clients is, every machine has many IPv6 addresses, only one of those has a name, the rest has none anyways, so the name is only good for a server to reach and according firewall rules to allow a connection but not good for blocking a machine via rules.

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          • Bob.DigB
            Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @JKnott
            last edited by

            @jknott said in Register IPv6 in DNS Resolver with only RA enabled:

            @bob-dig said in Register IPv6 in DNS Resolver with only RA enabled:

            Assisted is good and android gets an IP but no name.

            The other side of this is how often will this be needed? All my devices are listed in host overrides. I just had to do it once.

            Your prefix is very undynamic then. 😉

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            • BackMupB
              BackMup @Bob.Dig
              last edited by

              @bob-dig
              Basically you're right but it's just such a clash in my mind. In the IPv4 world you can define all the names of clients and in the IPv6 you can't (at least not with RA only).
              But well, maybe I need to cut the strings and release the "old" thinking.

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              • BackMupB
                BackMup @Bob.Dig
                last edited by

                @bob-dig
                For GUA, it wouldn't work but that's also not really the aim. ULA should be fine and ULA doesn't change that much ;-)

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                • JKnottJ
                  JKnott @BackMup
                  last edited by

                  @backmup said in Register IPv6 in DNS Resolver with only RA enabled:

                  But well, maybe I need to cut the strings and release the "old" thinking.

                  Or maybe you can convince Google to stop listening to that idiot who thinks Android shouldn't support DHCPv6. That where the problem lies. He doesn't like it, so Android doesn't support it.

                  PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
                  i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
                  UniFi AC-Lite access point

                  I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

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                  • JKnottJ
                    JKnott @BackMup
                    last edited by

                    @backmup said in Register IPv6 in DNS Resolver with only RA enabled:

                    and ULA doesn't change that much

                    My GUA hasn't changed for years and has survived replacing both my cable modem and the computer I run pfSense on. However, ULA is useful, if your ISP doesn't provide a consistent prefix.

                    PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
                    i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
                    UniFi AC-Lite access point

                    I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

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                    • Bob.DigB
                      Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @JKnott
                      last edited by Bob.Dig

                      @jknott Yep, for "reasons" I do NAT IPv6 to ULA for my email server and have given up using IPv6 for the rest...

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                      • JKnottJ
                        JKnott @Bob.Dig
                        last edited by

                        @bob-dig

                        Why do you use NAT? You can have both GUA and ULA on the same interface.

                        PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
                        i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
                        UniFi AC-Lite access point

                        I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

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                        • Bob.DigB
                          Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @JKnott
                          last edited by

                          @jknott Because GUA with a dynamic prefix is problematic, especially for hosts that don't get notified that the prefix has changed. So for now, only pfSense has to know for its WAN interface. That does work better, as long as pfSense is the first router.

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