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    pfSense gets addresses, clients don't!?

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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
                    last edited by

                    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
                      last edited by

                      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.

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

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                        • NogBadTheBadN
                          NogBadTheBad
                          last edited by NogBadTheBad

                          It will be something like mine:-

                          Thank you for your email. Your subscriber account (zenxxxx@zen) has now been enabled for IPv6. The new attributes will take effect next time the session is restarted. Your IPv6 address details are;

                          ND Prefix: 2a02:xxxx:xxxx:xx::/64
                          PD Prefix: 2a02:yyyy:yyyy::/48

                          The two prefixes are described below, along with some further information on the Zen IPv6 service:

                          /64 Neighbour Discovery (ND) Prefix. This is used to automatically address the WAN interface of your Router, or if you are directly connected without a router, the WAN interface of that device.

                          /48 Delegation Prefix. This is usually provided over DHCPv6, and requires that your router acts as a requesting router for the purpose of IPv6 delegation RFC3633 - (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3633). Subnets of this prefix are used by the CPE to address devices on the LAN. If prefix delegation is not supported on the router, a suggested interface ID and static route is available, which should allow routing to take place.

                          Andy

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                            motific @bigsy
                            last edited by motific

                            @bigsy - WAN is fine, it's in the ranges provided by Zen and it works just fine as I can ping IPv6 hosts from pfSense without an issue...

                            What I can't do is get any IPs to clients.

                            But if you're interested...

                            Good Afternoon,

                            Your subscriber account zenxxxxxx@zen, has been enabled for IPv6. The new attributes will take effect next time the session is restarted.

                            Your IPv6 Address details are;
                            ND Prefix 2a02:8011:XXXX:X::/64
                            Delegated Prefix 2a02:8010:XXXX::/48
                            Regards,

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                              motific @kiokoman
                              last edited by

                              @kiokoman - At this point anything is worth checking but as the packet capture was from my pfSense box I'd expect outbound blocked content not to show up (unless there's some 'gotcha' I don't know about).

                              I've just done a capture from a client, that is seeing ICMPv6 messages btw.

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                              • johnpozJ
                                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                last edited by

                                Wow pretty impressive email, and they delegate a /48 nice!!

                                You understand none of that actually means anything if your wanting to hand out dhcpv6 on your lan and that is not working.. Forget about the the delegation or any of that until figure out why when you set a static on your lan, and enable dhcpv6 your not sending back anything..

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                                  motific @johnpoz
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                                  @johnpoz - I get that entirely. I was just about to point that out.

                                  Interestingly, stateless addresses aren't working either... feel free to correct me if I'm wrong here - as I understand it if the RA messages are getting out then in that mode the clients should be giving themselves addresses via Stateless/SLAAC, right?

                                  I'm going back to the packet captures and go through them in more detail. I'll let you know what I find.

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                                  • johnpozJ
                                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    So here is the thing if there was something wrong with 2.5 and clients being to get ipv6 behind it... The boards would be just on fire with posts about it...

                                    We need to figure out what is unique to your setup that is the problem... Doesn't matter if you get a delegation from your isp or what is on our wan... If you setup an ipv6 on your lan, then that is what your clients should get be it auto, dhcpv6, whatever.. Your wan is out of the picture..

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                                      motific
                                      last edited by motific

                                      @johnpoz - That's a good point, there would be noise about it if it were purely a 2.5 issue. My IPv6 on LAN is set completely manually, so WAN is now completely irrelevant as you say.

                                      It looks like the problem runs deeper than I originally thought, looking back at the packet capture I'm seeing as well as not responding to DHCPv6 Solicit requests there is no ICMPv6 NDP traffic leaving on the LAN interface at all, it's all inbound.

                                      radvd appears to be running etc.

                                      I think at this point I'm going to wipe this box, reconfigure and see what happens rather than spend any more time trying to figure out what has happened to it. I'll get back to you all either way on how that goes.

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                                      • kiokomanK
                                        kiokoman LAYER 8
                                        last edited by kiokoman

                                        this is what i found, specific configuration for Zen uk and ipv6, i hope it can be useful for you.

                                        WAN
                                        IPv6 using DHCP, select DHCP6 in the IPv6 connection
                                        DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation size /48
                                        Use IPv4 connectivity as parent interface

                                        LAN
                                        Select Interfaces ‣ [LAN] and set the IPv6 Configuration Type to ‘Track Interface’
                                        set the Track IPv6 Interface to WAN,
                                        set the IPv6 Prefix ID to 0.

                                        Reboot the system

                                        DHCPv6 LAN server should be set automatically with subnet mask /64
                                        range from *:0000:0001 to *:ffff:ffff:ffff

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                                        • GrimsonG
                                          Grimson Banned
                                          last edited by

                                          Make sure this: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/book/config/advanced-networking.html#allow-ipv6 is enabled.

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                                            motific @kiokoman
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                                            @kiokoman - read what johnpoz wrote above.

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