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    Alias tables don't contain IPv6 addresses anymore

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    • Bob.DigB
      Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @IonutIT
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      @IonutIT I switched back and had non of my local aliases working anymore. Nothing helped so I went back and at least for IPv4 it is working again... I don't host anything on IPv6. ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

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        IonutIT @Bob.Dig
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        @Bob-Dig

        Make sure after you switch back to ISC to go into DNS Resolver and recheck "Register DHCP leases in the DNS Resolver" and "Register DHCP static mappings in the DNS Resolver" as they were unchecked for some reason after the switch. You should then have correct alias tables.

        But then the issue remains? Why does the DHCP daemon impact alias tables as they both seem to properly input their hosts into Unbound?

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

          @IonutIT I have no clue, makes no sense to me.

          With KEA

          Screenshot 2025-01-26 123055.png

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          • Bob.DigB
            Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @IonutIT
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            @IonutIT said in Alias tables don't contain IPv6 addresses anymore:

            Make sure after you switch back to ISC to go into DNS Resolver and recheck "Register DHCP leases in the DNS Resolver" and "Register DHCP static mappings in the DNS Resolver" as they were unchecked for some reason after the switch.

            Yeah, didn't do that, so that explains it, that switching back made problems for me.

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            • GertjanG
              Gertjan @Bob.Dig
              last edited by Gertjan

              @Bob-Dig

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              I've created a Alias with a host name (FQDN) :

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              works for me.
              What am I doing wrong ?

              ( I use KEA, pfSense 24.11 )

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

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

                @Gertjan said in Alias tables don't contain IPv6 addresses anymore:

                What am I doing wrong ?

                You are using a DNS-record which is public available I bet. It probably doesn't get resolved only by DHCP and unbound. If this makes sense.

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                  Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @Gertjan
                  last edited by Bob.Dig

                  @Gertjan said in Alias tables don't contain IPv6 addresses anymore:

                  works for me.

                  Although, it is looking not to be a public record, interesting... What are you doing? It still doesn't work for me. Are you using Track Interface like we do?

                  Screenshot 2025-01-27 at 14-41-54 pfSense.internal - Services DNS Resolver General Settings.png

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                  • GertjanG
                    Gertjan @Bob.Dig
                    last edited by Gertjan

                    @Bob-Dig said in Alias tables don't contain IPv6 addresses anymore:

                    You are using a DNS-record which is public available I bet

                    No ..... but read on ๐Ÿ‘

                    This info is only available locally, on my pfSense :

                    6bf3f59e-ef40-4761-8507-8a81b438bd02-image.png

                    and now you know what IPv4 my NAS is using .... can you rach uit ?
                    Again, it's 192.168.1.33 .....

                    As my ISP gave me some IPv6 prefixes, no need anymore to use RFC1918 (IPv6 style), so yeah, that on, I masked as 2a01:cb19:xxx:a6eb::c2 as this is usable from anywhere on the Internet.
                    "2a01:cb19:xxx:a6" is the part of IPv6 that my ISP gave me.
                    "eb" is the prefix.
                    And I use "::c2" (Static DHCPv6 Lease) for my NAS as I refuse to deal with IP addresses like this :
                    2a01:cb19:xxx:a6eb:92ec:77ff:fe29:392c

                    Btw : and yes, as I use :

                    [24.11-RELEASE][root@pfSense.bhf.tld]/root: pgrep -l kea
                    19370 kea-dhcp-ddns
                    15979 kea-dhcp4
                    23186 kea-ctrl-agent
                    48019 kea-dhcp6
                    

                    => It's kea-dhcp-ddns that registers DHCPv6 leases also into domain name server (bind) that handles "bhf.tld" for me. It's the good old RFC2136 doing 'dynsnds'.
                    So, from now on, I can look for "disktation2.bhf.tld" everywhere on the planet and find the IPv6 of my LAN based NAS. Accessing it needs a simple firewall rule - no more NAT.
                    It's BS to register 'A' zone info like 92.168.1.33 into a public DNS.
                    But totally valid to register GUA AAAA info like "2a01:cb19:xxx:a6eb::c2"

                    kea-dhcp-ddns ( and kea-ctrl-agent ) exists in pfSense, but isn't avaible yet in the GUI.

                    @Bob-Dig said in Alias tables don't contain IPv6 addresses anymore:

                    You are using a DNS-record which is public available ....

                    Resolving public avaible host names work fine for me ^^

                    There are some restrictions of course, but this is a good example :

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                    test :

                    4129be16-b7c1-4f3d-9039-be005cb9b0e8-image.png

                    @Bob-Dig said in Alias tables don't contain IPv6 addresses anymore:

                    Are you using Track Interface like we do?

                    Aaaaah : the good question !!
                    Of course I do use tracking.
                    I guess there are not many out there that get an IPv4 from their ISP, and a static ( ! ) IPv6 /56.
                    So, tracking it will be : my LAN settings :

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                    5e289145-52fb-4af9-84bb-a8942e751420-image.png

                    and wait .. I had to modify something somewhere. I've also written about it here on the forum. somewhere.
                    Because : look here :

                    36ab2649-28cd-472c-9a0d-555f89ad21f5-image.png

                    and now look in the config.xml what IPv6 addresses are stored when you create static DHCPv6 leases
                    My NAS :

                    62b345e4-7866-4412-98e1-664841367bec-image.png

                    so "::c2" got entered in my local Resolver DNS ... ๐Ÿ˜ข and that's a fail.

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

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                    • Bob.DigB
                      Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @Gertjan
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                      @Gertjan said in Alias tables don't contain IPv6 addresses anymore:

                      so "::c2" got entered in my local Resolver DNS

                      Yeah, that is the early DNS-Registration which you have to disable. So you are using BIND, we don't. That is probably the reason it is working for you, like it should, and not for us anymore.

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                        IonutIT @Bob.Dig
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                        @Bob-Dig

                        Just started doing things, throwing stuff at the wall and see what sticks, and surprisingly I've managed to get it working now, with KEA.

                        After I switched to ISC and confirmed it worked, I've switched back to KEA but I've disabled "Enable early DNS registration" for BOTH IPv6 and IPv4.

                        Previously I had it disabled for IPv6 because it caused weird DNS records where only the host part of the address was registered, and I would have results like "::10:23:ef32:aa21" as a AAAA record, and not the full address with the prefix delegation from the Track Interface setting. Exactly like you described.

                        But now I've also disabled it for IPv4 and it seems that alias tables have proper A and AAAA records in them. I'm not 100% sure that this was the case, but I'm not touching anything going forward :) I'll see after a reboot if this stays like this.

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                        • Bob.DigB
                          Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @IonutIT
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                          @IonutIT So I disabled that too for IPv4 and immediately lost connection to my internal mail-server. I think I have to run that for IPv4...

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                            Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @IonutIT
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                            @IonutIT said in Alias tables don't contain IPv6 addresses anymore:

                            But now I've also disabled it for IPv4 and it seems that alias tables have proper A and AAAA records in them

                            Can confirm that this made it work again. My problematic IPv4 hostname is case-senstive now? I changed it and it is working too.

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                              IonutIT @Bob.Dig
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                              @Bob-Dig said in Alias tables don't contain IPv6 addresses anymore:

                              @IonutIT So I disabled that too for IPv4 and immediately lost connection to my internal mail-server. I think I have to run that for IPv4...

                              I think that was just because there was no predefined record pushed and the DHCP server needed to register your server again at a DHCP event. You just had to wait a bit and a record would appear eventually. I had the same but all records eventually showed up after 10-15 minutes.

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                              • JonathanLeeJ
                                JonathanLee
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                                Is your zone transparent ? I had an issue with mine set to (type transparent) and it was causing issues

                                Make sure to upvote

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                                  IonutIT @JonathanLee
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                                  @JonathanLee said in Alias tables don't contain IPv6 addresses anymore:

                                  Is your zone transparent ? I had an issue with mine set to (type transparent) and it was causing issues

                                  Zone type is at default "transparent" not "type transparent".

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