Rogers pfSense configuration

JKnott

I'm still using those settings with the Ignite modem, whatever that model is.
Maybe if you post the settings you're using and what's happening.

jasonreg

Old thread I get but I just set up a Netgate 6100 and have Rogers XB8 modem bridged to the 6100. I just cannot get IPV6 to work. Is anyone able to do a step by step for setting this up?

I have WAN interface, LAN interface, 3 VLANs off the LAN interface and a separate network on another interface.

Would really appreciate a steer here if possible. Thanks in advance.

JKnott

@jasonreg

Did you follow the instructions above? Does pfSense get an IPv6 address?
Post a screen capture of your WAN & LAN settings. Keep things simple and get one LAN going first and once that's up, configure the rest.

You could also do a packet capture of the full DHCPv6 sequence and paste the capture file here.

jasonreg

@jknott - yes, I did follow all the settings here and then also from other threads. I will post screen captures later on when I get home. but was hoping there was a simple fix.

On the Dashboard Interfaces - both WAN and LAN show an IPV6 address. On the Dashboard Gateways - WAN_DHCP has my ISPs IPV4 address and shows ONLINE (Green), WAN_DHCP6 has an IPV6 address and shows Offline, packetloss (Red). Any IPB6 test fails and says it cannot get an address.

JKnott

@jasonreg said in Rogers pfSense configuration:

but was hoping there was a simple fix

There very well could be, but until I know what you've done, I can't say.

jasonreg

@jknott - OK now I am confused. So I removed the configuration for the LAN interface and I added the same configuration to one of my VLANs (JasonOffice) and everything works. So why can I not set up the LAN?

WAN is set up per above recommended configuration as is the JasonOffice Network. However, when I try to add this same configuration to the LAN or one of the other VLANs, I cannot track the WAN - says it is already assigned (which I guess it is). Have tried SLAAC and still get nothing.

On the Dashboard Interfaces, I see an IPV6 address under WAN and one under JasonOffice now. Gateways show WAN_DHCP Online and WAN_DHCP6 Offline, Packetloss though I do have an address.

jasonreg

Here are some screen captures.
WAN

VLAN

mhillmann

@jasonreg Probably this issue: [https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14072](link url) . It gives these symptoms.

JKnott

@mhillmann Do you have unique prefix IDs for each interface?

jasonreg

@jknott - Hi - if this was for me I would say likely not. I think there are a couple of steps I am just plain missing such as when/where would I do this?

JKnott

@jasonreg

With Rogers, you get 256 /64s. When you set up an interface, you have to provide a unique prefix ID. Your choices are 0 - ff. For example, I use 0 for my main LAN and 3 for my guest WiFi.

jasonreg

@jknott - so have this figured out and all interfaces and networks are being assigned an IPV6 address and I am getting IPV6 addresses on devices on the various networks - so I suppose I could stop and be stratified.

However, I was trying to figure out why the Gateway was showing WAN_DHCP6 Gateway shows Red "Offline, Packetloss". I changed the Monitor IP box to Rogers IPV6 DNS and the Red "Offline" changed to Blue "Pending". I also tried Quad 9 IPV6 DNS and have the same thing. I did reboot the pfSense box. I have not rebooted the Rogers XB8 Modem if that matters.

Thoughts?

JKnott

@jasonreg

For the monitor address, I just did a traceroute to Google and used the first address that showed up. However, with just a single WAN connection, that monitor doesn't do much.

jasonreg

@jknott - so given that last statement, should I maybe just delete the widget from my dashboard? My internal OCD will make me want to see the gateway as "Online" if I keep it there. I guess if IPV6 is working - maybe I just let it be?

JKnott

@jasonreg
It's up to you. If you can get the monitor working fine, otherwise disable it and rely on IPv4.