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    • DerelictD Offline
      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
      last edited by Derelict

      What are the actual contents of the entire pending gateway line?

      A pending gateway will work. My he.net tunnel shows a pending gateway and it works fine.

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        Trendkill99 @Derelict
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        @derelict

        Name: WAN_DHCP6
        Gateway: dynamic
        Monitor:
        RTT: Pending
        LOSS: Pending
        Status: Pending
        Description: Interface WAN_DHCP6 Gateway

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        • DerelictD Offline
          Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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          Looks like you are not getting a Router Advertisement. Not sure. What is the output of netstat -rnfinet6 ??

          Particularly interested in the default line.

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            Trendkill99 @Derelict
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            @derelict said in A little help setting up a connection:

            netstat -rnfinet6

            This command show this table:
            0_1535461752290_print.jpg (/assets/uploads/files/1535461707419-print.jpg)

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            • GertjanG Online
              Gertjan
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              @trendkill99 said in A little help setting up a connection:

              @derelict

              No default line ....

              It should look like this :

              [2.x.y-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.b**-h***-f*****.net]/root: netstat -rnfinet6
Routing tables

Internet6:
Destination                       Gateway                       Flags     Netif Expire
default                           2001:470:****:5c0::1          UGS        gif0
::1                               link#4                        UH          lo0
2001:470:****:5c0::1              link#8                        UH         gif0
2001:470:****:5c0::2              link#8                        UHS         lo0
2001:470:****:5c0::/64            link#3                        U          fxp0
2001:470:****:5c0:2::1            link#3                        UHS         lo0
2001:470:****:2::/64              link#9                        U        ovpns1
2001:470:****:2::1                link#9                        UHS         lo0
fe80::%rl0/64                     link#1                        U           rl0
fe80::2e0:4cff:fe80:4b18%rl0      link#1                        UHS         lo0
fe80::%sis0/64                    link#2                        U          sis0
fe80::20f:b5ff:fefe:4ee7%sis0     link#2                        UHS         lo0
fe80::%fxp0/64                    link#3                        U          fxp0
fe80::212:3fff:feb3:5875%fxp0     link#3                        UHS         lo0
fe80::%lo0/64                     link#4                        U           lo0
fe80::1%lo0                       link#4                        UHS         lo0
fe80::%gif0/64                    link#8                        U          gif0
fe80::2e0:4cff:fe80:4b18%gif0     link#8                        UHS         lo0
fe80::%ovpns1/64                  link#9                        U        ovpns1
fe80::2e0:4cff:fe80:4b18%ovpns1   link#9                        UHS         lo0

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              Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                Trendkill99 @Gertjan
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                @gertjan

                Thanks for your reply. In this case what should i do ?

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                • GertjanG Online
                  Gertjan
                  last edited by Gertjan

                  My IPv6 is more a static setup - and rather special because of the usage of a GIF interface (whatever that my be ... but it works).
                  Yours is a more basic DHCP version IPv6 - so, IP's, DNS and gateway are assigned to you by your ISP, although every ISP does things "somewhat different".

                  Something - I can't detail more - isn't functioning right .... the default route is assigned for some reason.

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

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                    Trendkill99 @Gertjan
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                    @gertjan

                    But my previous cisco router (rv340) worked with this cable modem (arris tg1692). At certain point the router loses ipv6 connection and needed a reboot to bring back ipv6 connectivity.

                    In my case, is there a way to pfsense send router solicitation to my cable modem ?

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                    • DerelictD Offline
                      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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                      So the Cisco didn't really work either. That points upstream.

                      You will probably have to capture traffic on the WAN and become one with looking at IPv6 router solicitations and advertisements so you can go back to the ISP and tell them what's what.

                      They should be periodically advertising a default route that your WAN interface would pick up on and should respond to the solicitations that should be periodically going out WAN.

                      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbor_Discovery_Protocol

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                      • DerelictD Offline
                        Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate @Gertjan
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                        @gertjan said in A little help setting up a connection:

                        Yours is a more basic DHCP version IPv6 - so, IP's, DNS and gateway are assigned to you by your ISP

                        Gateways are never assigned by DHCPv6. They are found using NDP.

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                        DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
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                          Trendkill99 @Derelict
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                          @derelict

                          Cisco work for 2-3 days then go down. After a reboot the ipv6 comes back.

                          There is no chance to get support from my isp. Is there a way to do this using pfsense?

                          I have tried this solution https://forum.netgate.com/topic/40344/how-to-bring-interface-up-from-pfsense-commandline/7 but with no success.

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                          • DerelictD Offline
                            Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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                            Again, this works in pfSense if the ISP does what it is supposed to be doing, as is evidenced by at least my DHCP6 connection to Cox that pretty much never goes down and countless others.

                            I would packet capture on WAN for IPv6 for a while (set 100000 packets or something), pull it into Wireshark and see what's there.

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                              Trendkill99 @Derelict
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                              @derelict

                              I did the packet capture on my wan interface. I have opened the .cap file but there is no ipv6 packets.

                              When I capture any traffic it returns a lot of stuff.

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                                Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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                                How long did you let it run for? I would edit/save WAN (no changes necessary) while capturing. I would only capture on address family IPv6.

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                                  Trendkill99 @Derelict
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                                  @derelict

                                  For some minutes..5 or so.

                                  I will do this edit/save wan now.

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                                  • DerelictD Offline
                                    Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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                                    FWIW, my upstream (Cox) sends an RA every 4 seconds or so.

                                    Internet Control Message Protocol v6
    Type: Router Advertisement (134)
    Code: 0
    Checksum: 0xfa70 [correct]
    [Checksum Status: Good]
    Cur hop limit: 64
    Flags: 0xc0, Managed address configuration, Other configuration, Prf (Default Router Preference): Medium
    Router lifetime (s): 1800
    Reachable time (ms): 3600000
    Retrans timer (ms): 0
    ICMPv6 Option (Source link-layer address : 2c:86:d2:89:20:19)
        Type: Source link-layer address (1)
        Length: 1 (8 bytes)
        Link-layer address: 2c:86:d2:89:20:19
    ICMPv6 Option (MTU : 1500)
        Type: MTU (5)
        Length: 1 (8 bytes)
        Reserved
        MTU: 1500

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                                      Trendkill99 @Derelict
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                                      @derelict

                                      I don't know where can I see this info.

                                      My wireshark capture now have some things related to ipv6

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                                      • DerelictD Offline
                                        Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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                                        Yeah. See those router solicitations in the second screen shot that aren't being responded to?

                                        There's your problem. pfSense is asking, they're not responding.

                                        You can limit the capture to protocol ICMPv6 to eliminate a lot of that noise too.

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                                          Trendkill99 @Derelict
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                                          @derelict

                                          So in this case I really need to contact my isp to change the cable modem right?

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                                          • DerelictD Offline
                                            Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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                                            All pfSense can do is send the Router Solicitations and listen for Router Advertisements, so, yes. I don't see how anyone other than the ISP can help here.

                                            Note that the last screen shot is full of Neighbor Solicitations which is more like the equivalent of ARP in IPv4.

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