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    • viktor_gV
      viktor_g Netgate
      last edited by viktor_g

      Could you provide more information about your configuration?

      Unable to reproduce it in my testing environment:
      Screenshot from 2021-02-18 20-10-19.png

      Screenshot from 2021-02-18 20-10-32.png

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      • peteP
        pete
        last edited by pete

        Renabled IP6 on the WAN interface.

        I can now ping the Google IP6 DNS server: 2001:4860:4860::8888

        From the console:

        root: ping6 2001:4860:4860::8888
        PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) 2607:XXX --> 2001:4860:4860::8888
        16 bytes from 2001:4860:4860::8888, icmp_seq=0 hlim=117 time=40.559 ms
        16 bytes from 2001:4860:4860::8888, icmp_seq=1 hlim=117 time=30.148 ms
        16 bytes from 2001:4860:4860::8888, icmp_seq=2 hlim=117 time=39.546 ms
        16 bytes from 2001:4860:4860::8888, icmp_seq=3 hlim=117 time=39.262 ms

        Testing Comcast test-ipv6.comcast.net and ipv6-test.com shows I have no IP6.

        IP6 Gateway states on Dashboard shows pending with status unknown.

        • Pete

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          k3nb5t @viktor_g
          last edited by

          @viktor_g I'm happy to assist, but I'm not certain what information to give. Can you be more specific?

          Here's a bunch of stuff that may or may not be helpful :)

          WAN
          WAN.png

          LAN
          LAN.png

          GATEWAY
          gateway.png

          RA
          RA.png

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            k3nb5t
            last edited by

            An update: my clients are now routing IPv6 correctly, but the gateway issue persists.

            I needed to update a couple firewall rules, but my rules have been failing to apply since my CoDel limiter requires an address on my IPv6 gateway to function. I disabled the IPv6 pass rule that applies the limiter so that I could complete my other update. After doing so, IPv6 traffic has begun to flow again.

            So it seems there is no issue with the underlying routing, in my case. Only that without a gateway address populated on the interface, I'm unable to apply my limiter. Possibly other issues? Not sure, but perhaps this changes the conversation a bit?

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            • SpaceyS
              Spacey @k3nb5t
              last edited by

              @k3nb5t What is that IPv6 Address pointed to for your monitor IP?

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                k3nb5t @Spacey
                last edited by

                @spacey That's Google Public DNS. I don't use their DNS services, but I do ping them :)

                https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using

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                • SpaceyS
                  Spacey @k3nb5t
                  last edited by Spacey

                  @k3nb5t said in IPv6 No Gateway after 2.5 upgrade:

                  https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using

                  I'd hate to hijack the thread but I am also experiencing this issue with WAN IPv6 on Comcast, strangely under interfaces it says it has an IPv6 address, even for LAN, but under Gateways it says Unknown and Pending for IPv6- where it didn't previously before updating. I tried everything mentioned in this thread, also not quite sure why after editing the monitor IP (which didn't work) for WAN DHCPv6 it shows an anchor now

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                  • SpaceyS
                    Spacey
                    last edited by

                    Actually Update- it works now after restarting and putting the monitor IP as Google (which I don't understand why this has to be done I don't want to use Google at all and never had this previously at all)

                    But still doesn't display correctly

                    3e966f26-40a3-492b-900e-4b758a55d59a-image.png

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                      lnguyen @Spacey
                      last edited by

                      @spacey said in IPv6 No Gateway after 2.5 upgrade:

                      why after editing the monitor IP (which didn't work) for WAN DHCPv6 it shows an anchor now

                      Because once you edited it and saved the gateway, it overrides the default in the list. If you delete it, the default will reappear and will not have an anchor. You will also notice that you won't be able to delete the default.

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                      • peteP
                        pete
                        last edited by pete

                        Got it working here too using the IP6 address on the WAN interface as a monitor ID.

                        On the LAN side I can now ping Google's IP6 DNS servers.

                        May change the monitor IP to Google IP6 DNS server as it was before.

                        1 - "What is my IP" is showing an IP6 address
                        2 - test-ipv6.comcast.net shows a 10 now
                        3 - ipv6-test.com shows 17/20.
                        4 - not showing an IP 6 gateway address in Dashboard
                        5 - not showing an IP 6 address in console
                        6 - can ping google's IP6 DNS servers from the console shell and ping

                        As mentioned above looks like but not sure that it is a DHCP6 issue or PFSense doesn't display gateway address anymore??

                        • Pete

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                          lnguyen
                          last edited by lnguyen

                          Seems like the IPv6 link-local gateway address is not being parsed and populated neither for Status | Gateways or Status | Interfaces

                          From my experience, it was partially defunct (restarting dpinger solved this after a reboot) on 2.4.5-p1 and completely borked now with pfSense+ 21.02 and pfSense CE 2.5.

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                            Spacey @lnguyen
                            last edited by

                            @lnguyen I'm beginning to wonder if it's possible to copy the interfaces section of my 2.4.5 XML file - specifically the DHCPv6, and appending it to my current 2.5 XML, having a hard time narrowing it down where it would go into, looking at the two side by side there isn't much of a difference, I just know it displayed correctly in Gateways for WAN DHCPv6 with the IPv6 address and showed online. ugh.

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                              lnguyen @Spacey
                              last edited by lnguyen

                              @spacey Obviously there is an underlying regression in code but for now what do you want to accomplish?

                              • Display the IPv6 Link-Local Gateway address

                              and/or

                              • Monitor the IPv6 Link-Local Gateway address

                              If so you can grab the IPv6 Link-Local Gateway address from Diagnostics | Routes and manually define it:

                              System | Routing | Gateways | WAN_DHCP6 | Monitor IP
                              
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                                lnguyen @Spacey
                                last edited by

                                @spacey said in IPv6 No Gateway after 2.5 upgrade:

                                wonder if it's possible to copy the interfaces section of my 2.4.5 XML file - specifically the DHCPv6, and appending it to my current 2.5 XML

                                I don't believe this would yield a positive difference as I think the issue is not config but rather code.

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                                  lnguyen
                                  last edited by

                                  Issue has been reported on Redmine:

                                  https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/11454

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                                    anzenketh @lnguyen
                                    last edited by

                                    @lnguyen said in IPv6 No Gateway after 2.5 upgrade:

                                    https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/11454

                                    Thanks for filing that bug. Hopefully it gets some attention soon. I think you are right about a bug in the code. I just upgraded to 21.02-RELEASE for my SG-1100. It states for WAN_DHCP6 unknown for status. Yet the following is true.

                                    • Under interfaces it lists the IPV6 address for WAN
                                    • I can ping ipv6.google.com with IP protocol IPV6 from Diagnostics -> Ping
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                                      lnguyen @anzenketh
                                      last edited by lnguyen

                                      @anzenketh said in IPv6 No Gateway after 2.5 upgrade:

                                      Thanks for filing that bug.

                                      Someone else filed it. I only shared it here in the forums.

                                      Under interfaces it lists the IPV6 address for WAN
                                      I can ping ipv6.google.com with IP protocol IPV6 from Diagnostics -> Ping

                                      Take note that in 2.4.5-p1 under Status | Interfaces there is a field for Gateway IPv6. This is completely missing for pfSense+ 21.02 and pfSense CE 2.5

                                      WAN Interface (wan, igb0)
                                      Status up
                                      DHCP up     Relinquish Lease
                                      MAC Address 00:08:a2:00:00:00 - ADI Engineering
                                      IPv4 Address X.X.X.X
                                      Subnet mask IPv4 255.255.248.0
                                      Gateway IPv4 X.X.X.X
                                      IPv6 Link Local fe80::X%igb0
                                      IPv6 Address X::X
                                      Subnet mask IPv6 128
                                      Gateway IPv6 fe80::X 
                                      DNS servers 127.0.0.1
                                      
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                                        mrsunfire @lnguyen
                                        last edited by

                                        I have the same problem after update to 2.5.0

                                        IPv6 is working but there is no gateway.

                                        Unbenannt.PNG

                                        Netgate 6100 MAX

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                                          mrsunfire @mrsunfire
                                          last edited by mrsunfire

                                          pfSense has the IPv6 gateway but is not showing it under Interfaces tab and widget.

                                          After I reboot the cable modem I again getting IP addresses but then no IPv6 connection. Pinging also isn't possible anymore. Tried everything only rebooting pfSense works.

                                          BUT: my second WAN (PPPoE DSL) is working without any issues. It's only the cable connection. Both connections use the same IPv6 config to get the /56 prefix (that seems working) and the PPPoe also is getting IPv6 Gateway. The cable does not.

                                          Netgate 6100 MAX

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                                          • viktor_gV
                                            viktor_g Netgate @mrsunfire
                                            last edited by

                                            @mrsunfire Please attach the /var/log/dhcpd.log file for checking

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