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      Cannondale @JKnott
      last edited by

      @jknott said in WAN DHCP6 100% Packetloss:

      test-ipv6.com

      Thanks for your reply jknott. I am not able to ping ipv6.google.com.
      I was able to get to test-ipv6.com. Results below:

      Screenshot from 2023-04-11 15-27-00.png

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      • JKnottJ
        JKnott @Cannondale
        last edited by

        @cannondale What does ifconfig show?

        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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          Cannondale @JKnott
          last edited by

          @jknott said in WAN DHCP6 100% Packetloss:

          ifconfig

          Screenshot from 2023-04-11 15-42-34.png

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          • JKnottJ
            JKnott @Cannondale
            last edited by

            @cannondale

            I assume eth1 is your WAN? If so, you got nothing, not even IPv4.

            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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              Cannondale @Cannondale
              last edited by

              jknott, actually these results were from a workstation that has two Ethernet ports.
              The workstation has internet connectivity.

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              • JKnottJ
                JKnott @Cannondale
                last edited by

                @cannondale

                What does ifconfig on pfSense show?

                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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                  Cannondale @JKnott
                  last edited by

                  How do I capture ifconfig output from the pfSense shell?

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                  • JKnottJ
                    JKnott @Cannondale
                    last edited by

                    @cannondale

                    Can you not use ssh to connect to if from your computer? I do that all the time. If you're running Windows, you can install PuTTY.

                    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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                      Cannondale @JKnott
                      last edited by stephenw10

                      Thanks for the ssh tip. Very helpful. ifconfig results below:
                      Note: igb0 = wan, igb1 = lan, igb2 & 3 currently not used.

                      igb0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
                      	options=e100bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,VLAN_HWFILTER,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
                      	ether 00:1b:21:24:56:98
                      	inet6 fe80::21b:21ff:fe24:5698%igb0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
                      	inet x.x.x.x netmask 0xfffff000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
                      	media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
                      	status: active
                      	nd6 options=23<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
                      igb1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
                      	description: RothLAN1
                      	options=e100bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,VLAN_HWFILTER,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
                      	ether 00:1b:21:24:56:99
                      	inet6 fe80::21b:21ff:fe24:5699%igb1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
                      	inet 192.168.0.201 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
                      	media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
                      	status: active
                      	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
                      igb2: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
                      	options=e507bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
                      	ether 00:1b:21:24:56:9c
                      	media: Ethernet autoselect
                      	status: no carrier
                      	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
                      igb3: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
                      	options=e507bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
                      	ether 00:1b:21:24:56:9d
                      	media: Ethernet autoselect
                      	status: no carrier
                      	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
                      igb4: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
                      	options=e507bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
                      	ether 3c:ec:ef:8c:1e:c6
                      	media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
                      	status: active
                      	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
                      igb5: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
                      	options=e507bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
                      	ether 3c:ec:ef:8c:1e:c7
                      	media: Ethernet autoselect
                      	status: no carrier
                      	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
                      enc0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1536
                      	groups: enc
                      	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
                      lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
                      	options=680003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,LINKSTATE,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
                      	inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
                      	inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8
                      	inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
                      	groups: lo
                      	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
                      pflog0: flags=100<PROMISC> metric 0 mtu 33160
                      	groups: pflog
                      pfsync0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1500
                      	groups: pfsync
                      
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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Ok, so you have no IPv6 IP address.

                        Does your ISP provide IPv6?

                        I have removed your public IP from the above output. It's usually unwise to publish that unless you can change it easily by reconnecting for example.

                        Steve

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                        • JKnottJ
                          JKnott @Cannondale
                          last edited by

                          @cannondale

                          As stephenw10 mentioned, you don't have IPv6. Did you have it before? You could also mention your ISP, in case someone else here has experience with them.

                          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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                            Cannondale @JKnott
                            last edited by

                            Thanks for the information guys! My ISP is currently rolling out IPv6 in my area. I don't believe we have IPv6 yet. However, it's possible that there were doing some IPv6 testing.

                            My original post was the Dashboard is reporting 100% packetloss for my WAN DHCP6.
                            This was unusual because the Dashboard was reporting unknown for WAN DHCP6.
                            For some reason, pfSense started acting flaky last night and would only allowing access to some sites.
                            forum.netgate.com and email stopped working as well as other sites. I restored to a backup config and all seems well again. Dashboard is reporting unknown for WAN DHCP6 as normal.

                            Thanks again for all your help!

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                              Gertjan @Cannondale
                              last edited by

                              @cannondale said in WAN DHCP6 100% Packetloss:

                              Dashboard is reporting unknown for WAN DHCP6 as normal.

                              See also here.

                              No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                              Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                                Cannondale @Gertjan
                                last edited by

                                Thanks Gertjan! I have turned it off.

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