Verizon 5G Home Internet
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Hey there. I had COX internet with IPv6 working fine.
I switched to Verizon 5G Home Internet, and can't seem to get IPv6 working with pfSense. I have a XCI55AX gateway. I set it up for Bridge mode with IP Passthrough enabled. IPv4 is working fine.
The problem I'm facing is IPv6 obtains address from WAN side. However, it's a /64 subnet and LAN side doesn't get an IPv6 address with Trace enabled.
I'm curious if anyone has this setup and if they have gotten it to work or not.
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WAN Side:
IPv6 Configuration Type: DHCP6
Request only an IPv6 prefix: Checked
DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation size: 56
Send IPv6 prefix hint: Checked -
LAN Side:
IPv6 Configuration Type: Track Interface
IPv6 Interface: WAN
IPv6 Prefix ID: 0
Any ideas to try?
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Do they provide prefixes such as /56? My cell provider doesn't over the cell network, but they do over the cable network.
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@jknott
I don't think they do. It's only getting a /64 address :( So, do I have any options to get IPv6 address working? Can you NAT IPv6 so I can port forward with it? -
I have never set up NAT on IPv6. No need for it here.
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@meluvalli I realize this is an old topic, but did you ever get this to work ? I have the same gateway and facing the same IPv6 issue.
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@madbrain Unfortunately I did not. I ended up having to switch back to COX because I couldn't host my own DNS server with them :(. They allow HTTP and HTTPS ports, but blocked DNS ports. It was strange.
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@meluvalli Interesting. I'm not hosting a DNS, but I'm hosting a VPN successfully, using UDP.
Was Verizon blocking both TCP and UDP ports 53 ?I tried to follow the settings at https://forum.netgate.com/topic/155534/verizon-fios-and-ipv6-which-settings-work/30 which are for Verizon FiOS. Unfortunately, those did not work. LAN clients are only getting link-local IPv6 addresses.
The WAN interface in pfSense does get a public IPv6 address and gateway, though.
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@madbrain said in Verizon 5G Home Internet:
The WAN interface in pfSense does get a public IPv6 address and gateway, though.
That would indicate they're not using DHCPv6-PD to provide IPv6. Without it, you get IPv6 on the WAN side, but not LAN. My cell company does the same. So, the phone gets an address, as does any tethered device.
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@JKnott said in Verizon 5G Home Internet:
@madbrain said in Verizon 5G Home Internet:
The WAN interface in pfSense does get a public IPv6 address and gateway, though.
That would indicate they're not using DHCPv6-PD to provide IPv6. Without it, you get IPv6 on the WAN side, but not LAN. My cell company does the same. So, the phone gets an address, as does any tethered device.
I'm dragging up the old thread because I'm in this same position, except I'm not using IP/IPv6 passthrough. Here is a picture from my Verizon Internet Gateway of the IPv6 configuration page
and my current pfSense Interface Status (I couldn't do anything using :2729, so I set my LAN to :2730::)
My configurations are:
- WAN Side:
IPv6 Configuration Type: DHCP6
Request only an IPv6 prefix: UnChecked
DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation size: 64
Send IPv6 prefix hint: UnChecked - LAN Side:
IPv6 Configuration Type: Static IPv6
IPv6 Address: 2600:......:2730::
IPv6 Prefix Length: /64
And my DHCPv6 Server is set up to send :1000 to :2000.
Anything that connects directly to the Internet Gateway gets a valid IPv6 address and can pass traffic. if it goes through pfSense it doesn't pass traffic--although it does get an IPv6 address in the 2730:: range.
Any suggestions? I was using a Tunnel through HE, but virtually everything blocks that (at least they do mine). So, I would rather use the IPv6 that Verizon gives me.
Have a great day. :)
Patrick. - WAN Side:
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@patrickdickey52761 said in Verizon 5G Home Internet:
That would indicate they're not using DHCPv6-PD to provide IPv6. Without it, you get IPv6 on the WAN side, but not LAN. My cell company does the same. So, the phone gets an address, as does any tethered device.
I'm dragging up the old thread because I'm in this same position, except I'm not using IP/IPv6 passthrough. Here is a picture from my Verizon Internet Gateway of the IPv6 configuration page
See the above that I wrote earlier. Cell networks generally don't provide DHCPv6-PD to connected devices. This means pfSense cannot provide IPv6 to the LAN side.
