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    pfSense gets addresses, clients don't!?

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      motific
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      @bigsy - thanks I am with Zen, I changed those options and the only thing that has changed is that the LAN interface is now showing as a /64 subnet but I can't work out what change caused that to happen, when I roll the config back to before any changes it doesn't revert to the /48.

      The /64 I get on the LAN adapter is still out of the /48 range I'm given by the ISP. I've fired up a packet capture to see what was going on and I can see the client I'm testing from making DHCPv6 Solicit requests - but pfSense is not responding to them.

      Unless someone has any better ideas I'm going to set my WAN IPv6 to None, give LAN a static address and start work from there... I figure if pfSense isn't responding to solicit requests in that situation then I've done pretty much all I can.

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        bigsy
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        @motific Can you try things in pfsense 2.4.4? IPv6 with Zen is definitely fine with me on 2.4.4p3. I have not tried it with 2.5.0 so perhaps something has broken there?

        Do you have one of the original beta-tester IPv6 Zen setups or the framed IPv6 route which I think they now give out? I now have the latter. I have the two virtual IP entries (/128 IP Alias and /48 Other) referred to in the linked discussion and have set static addresses on my internal interfaces.

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          motific @bigsy
          last edited by motific

          @bigsy - I have now taken Zen completely out of the equation and disabled IP6 on the WAN and statically assigned the LAN.

          As of now the problem is purely pfSense not handing out addresses. I’ll post more info later.

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          • GertjanG
            Gertjan @motific
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            @motific said in pfSense gets addresses, clients don't!?:

            And the DHCPv6 Options also appear to be picking up /64

            d8cf0dd1-7475-448d-9d8f-ba5bb4b7367e-image.png

            That range doesn't looks 'ok' to me.

            I'm not using Track-IPv6 myself, but I assigned the first /64 chunk out of the /48 to my LAN, the DHCP6 pool will be correct then ....
            (next /64 chunk of the /48 on second LAN, etc.)

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

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            • NogBadTheBadN
              NogBadTheBad @Gertjan
              last edited by NogBadTheBad

              @johnpoz said in pfSense gets addresses, clients don't!?:

              moved to 2.5 section..
              Can tell you right now that /48 on you lan is wrong..
              When you track you should get the first /64 out of what was delegated to you.. Not a /48..

              IPv6 works fine with Zen, mine is configured as follows:-

              Screenshot 2019-05-30 at 15.55.19.png

              The VLANS are configured statically, split your /48.

              They are your addresses and will only ever be allocated to you, there's no need to track.

              Screenshot 2019-05-30 at 15.55.40.png

              Screenshot 2019-05-30 at 15.55.50.png

              Andy

              1 x Netgate SG-4860 - 3 x Linksys LGS308P - 1 x Aruba InstantOn AP22

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              • NogBadTheBadN
                NogBadTheBad @Gertjan
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                Screenshot 2019-05-30 at 16.12.06.png

                Andy

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                  motific @NogBadTheBad
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                  @NogBadTheBad - I basically have changed it to how you have it now but with the WAN IPV6 set to none.

                  I have done a packet capture from pfSense and can see DHCPv6 Solicit requests going unanswered.

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                  • NogBadTheBadN
                    NogBadTheBad
                    last edited by

                    @motific said in pfSense gets addresses, clients don't!?:

                    e been having IPv6 issues for a while but never really got around to nailing them down. I feel like I'm 99% of the way there and I'm slightly out of my comfort zone and I may have something set wrong. If someone could sanity-check what I'm doing it would be great, thanks!
                    Clients are FreeBSD 11.2, Windows 10, and iOS 12.2 with pfSense build
                    2.5.0.a.20190513.0647. The BSD box reports an IPv6 of ::1/128 which is obviously wrong. pfSense interfaces are showing the correct info:-

                    Maybe its an issue with the development release, I don't know as I run 2.4.4-RELEASE-p3 rather than a development release.

                    BTW all my clients report a /128, it's correct DHCPv6 servers give out addresses but don't tell the client anything about the subnet as thats handled by the RAs

                    Andy

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                    • johnpozJ
                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                      last edited by johnpoz

                      If your wanting to use dhcpv6 vs just ra, you need to use the managed with onlink I do believe. Not 100% on that since don't ever run dhcpv6.. Don't see a point to it in my setup.

                      You really should post up your dhvp6 settings and your RA settings.

                      with out the onlink flag your prob only going to get /128's but that is going to be troublesome.. Is been some time where did anything with that.

                      My current play with ipv6, I just set static on boxes I want to use ipv6 on..

                      But as I think about it more your going down the dhcpv6 path you prob want assisted mode with onlink and auto..

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                        motific @johnpoz
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                        @johnpoz - I’ve changed the config a lot since I posted originally so I’ll post a fresh set of screenshots when I’m back in a couple of hours. I don’t really mind if what IPv6 assignment I use if it works because nothing is working. Though if there is an issue with DHCPv6 in 2.5.0 then it probably needs hunting down.

                        I traced some of the original issues in the thread you quoted back to pfBlocker (I’m on BBCan177’s private beta list) there was something pointing to the virtual IP when it shouldn’t have been so for now I have that disabled until I sort this out.

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                          motific @NogBadTheBad
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                          @NogBadTheBad - my clients only show a link-local address.

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                          • johnpozJ
                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                            I could fire up a 2.5 snap... But I just fired up dhvp6 on 2.4.4p3 and working fine... My client pulled global IPv6 out of the ranged I called for, etc.

                            dhvp6lease.png

                            And using onlink, so I get valid route for the local /64
                            64route.png

                            And clearly can talk outbound IPv6

                            $ ping ipv6.google.com
                            
                            Pinging ipv6.l.google.com [2607:f8b0:4009:800::200e] with 32 bytes of data:
                            Reply from 2607:f8b0:4009:800::200e: time=44ms
                            Reply from 2607:f8b0:4009:800::200e: time=32ms
                            Reply from 2607:f8b0:4009:800::200e: time=43ms
                            Reply from 2607:f8b0:4009:800::200e: time=32ms
                            
                            Ping statistics for 2607:f8b0:4009:800::200e:
                                Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
                            Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
                                Minimum = 32ms, Maximum = 44ms, Average = 37ms
                            

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                            • kiokomanK
                              kiokoman LAYER 8
                              last edited by kiokoman

                              i think we have a "Layer 8" problem here, idk about zen but i have 2 different tunnel with Hurricane electric (HE) with pfsense 2.5.0 in 2 different home, i have WAN configured as none and in the lan interface i assigned a static ip from the first /64 chunk out of the /48 from HE after that i enabled dhcpv6 with mode Assisted -ra flags (idk if it's right but it work for me)
                              So if i assign something like 2001:xxx:xx:xxx:: 1 to the lan interface, the available range for dhcpv6 should be
                              2001:xxx:xxx:xxx:: 2 to 2001:xxx:xx:xxx:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff just to be safe. i have no problem at all with dhcpv6 and my pc have working ipv6 address and dns from pfsense 2.5.0
                              ipv6.jpg

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                                motific @kiokoman
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                                @kiokoman “idk if it’s right” is probably not a phrase you want to be using when suggesting a Layer 8 issue :)

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                                • kiokomanK
                                  kiokoman LAYER 8 @motific
                                  last edited by kiokoman

                                  @motific yeah that was only my intention to say something funny not to offend or else :) "idk if it's right" because i don't remember why i selected that options when i have configured my interface, you have to pardon me because english is not my first language and sometimes i don't use/don't know the right word

                                  now that i think about it, it's because i have android devices that only use SLAAC for IPv6 addresses, as you can see on the photo i have ath0 and athp0 in that machine.

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                                    motific @kiokoman
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                                    @kiokoman - I took it in the spirit it was intended! It was funny and I'm totally not ruling out a Layer-8 issue!

                                    Android devices aren't a concern for me, I don't allow them on this network. :)

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                                      motific
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                                      I have basically copied @NogBadTheBad 's config, I have IPv6 to WAN directly from pfSense. LAN clients get nothing. You can see from the packet capture that pfSense is receiving Solicit requests, but does not answer and (so far as I can tell) it should.

                                      WAN is on DHCP, pfSense can ping IPv6 addresses on the internet.
                                      LAN is static

                                      WAN.png

                                      LAN.png

                                      DHCPv6-Options.png

                                      RA-Options.png

                                      These are the results from that config...

                                      DHCPv6-Leases.png

                                      Packet-Capture.png

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                                      • NogBadTheBadN
                                        NogBadTheBad
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                                        Hmmm very odd, I'm a bit stuck as mine works fine and to be honest when I set it up I didn't know alot about IPv6, it just sort of worked.

                                        Screenshot 2019-06-03 at 13.44.46.png

                                        Andy

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                                        • kiokomanK
                                          kiokoman LAYER 8
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                                          maybe a stupid question but did you check the firewall to see if ICMPv6 is blocked?

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                                            bigsy @motific
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                                            @motific I’m pretty sure your WAN is still not correct. Zen hand out a /48 and this should be reflected in the WAN>DHCP6 Client Configuration>DHCP6 Prefix Delegation size.

                                            5EC523C9-D7B4-4DD4-9467-6C0D228A1DD2.jpeg

                                            Can you post the information that Zen sent you whenever you had IPv6 enabled (minus IP addresses)?

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