Multiple IPv6 Prefix Delegation over AT&T Residential Gateway for pfSense 2.4.5

bplein

@ttmcmurry Here's some data points:

NVG599
IP Passthrough: Disabled
Cascaded Router Option: Enabled (I have 5 static IPs from AT&T, plus my single dynamic)

pfSense operates on a private IP from the RG's LAN DHCP range.

The 5 private IPs are set up as IP Alias Virtual IPs.

The NAT table from the RG shows it is tracking outbound state for anything coming from the pfSense box (192.168.1.65), plus anything coming from any of my 5 private IPs, plus all ipV6 traffic.

So (reading your last post), if I reconfigured to use one of my 5 static IPs as the pfSense WAN IP, then I'd bypass NAT and the state table? Is this known to work?

ziggo0

@bplein said in Multiple IPv6 Prefix Delegation over AT&T Residential Gateway for pfSense 2.4.5:

So (reading your last post), if I reconfigured to use one of my 5 static IPs as the pfSense WAN IP, then I'd bypass NAT and the state table? Is this known to work?

Curious about this also. I recently got AT&T 1Gbps with a BGW320-505 and would like to avoid it's state table limit restriction with my pfSense box.

ttmcmurry

@bplein

Your last sentence is accurate. For reasons that may only make sense to AT&T, once the static public IP in the RG is associated to pfSense's WAN MAC, it enters the closest thing to IP Passthrough that it's capable of.

The only downside is pfSense gets 1 public IP.

The RG's state table drops off to a few hundred states, which I assume is the RG itself talking to AT&T. Meanwhile pfSense is tracking everything it has open independently of the RG. Assuming enough traffic is being generated behind pfSense, you can compare both state tables and see that both are entirely different.

SirSilentBob

Hello everyone!

Is something like this script adaptable for Verizon FIOS, by chance?

I'm in the similar situation, where I get a /56 from them, and set my interfaces to Track Interface, give each interface it's own IPv6 Prefix ID, etc. But it only seems to work on a single LAN interface.

FIOS is a little different it seems from AT&T, in that the WAN IPv6 settings must have "Use IPv4 connectivity as parent interface" checked, "Request only an IPv6 prefix" checked and "Send IPv6 prefix hint" checked.

I attempted to basically adapt the file here and use it, but I think the lack of those options is maybe the holdup.

The custom file I created looks like this:

interface igb0 {
	send ia-na 0;
	send ia-pd 0;
	send ia-pd 1;
	send ia-pd 2;
	script "/var/etc/dhcp6c_wan_script.sh";
};
id-assoc na 0 { };
id-assoc pd 0 {
	prefix-interface igb1 {
		sla-id 0;
		sla-len 0;
	};
};
id-assoc pd 1 {
	prefix-interface igb2 {
		sla-id 0;
		sla-len 0;
	};
};
id-assoc pd 2 { 
	prefix-interface igb3 {
		sla-id 0;
		sla-len 0;
	};
};

With IPv6 working on just a single interface, my pfSense dhcp6c_wan.conf looks like this:

interface igb0 {
	send ia-pd 0;	# request prefix delegation
	request domain-name-servers;
	request domain-name;
	script "/var/etc/dhcp6c_wan_script.sh"; # we'd like some nameservers please
};
id-assoc pd 0 {
	prefix ::/56 infinity;
	prefix-interface igb1 {
		sla-id 0;
		sla-len 8;
	};
};

Contents of radvd.conf with the single LAN interface working looks like:

# Automatically Generated, do not edit
# Generated for DHCPv6 Server lan
interface igb1 {
	AdvSendAdvert on;
	MinRtrAdvInterval 200;
	MaxRtrAdvInterval 600;
	AdvDefaultLifetime 1800;
	AdvLinkMTU 1500;
	AdvDefaultPreference high;
	AdvManagedFlag on;
	AdvOtherConfigFlag on;
	prefix 2600:4040:XXXX:XXXX::/64 {
		DeprecatePrefix on;
		AdvOnLink on;
		AdvAutonomous on;
		AdvValidLifetime 86400;
		AdvPreferredLifetime 14400;
	};
	route ::/0 {
		AdvRoutePreference high;
		RemoveRoute on;
	};
	RDNSS 2600:4040:XXXX:XXXX:XXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX {
		AdvRDNSSLifetime 1800;
	};
	DNSSL Removed.US  {
		AdvDNSSLLifetime 1800;
	};
};

Any suggestions/possibility of implementing the same thing so I can put IPv6 on all my LANs which are igb1, igb2 and igb3, instead of it only working on igb1?

I see there's a lot of posts (on a lot of other sites, a lot on reddit, etc.) where it seems for others who are also trying to take an ISP supplied /56 and put individual /64's on multiple LANs and seemingly having the same issue, where it just doesn't work.

I know in the advanced DHCP6 client configuration, the "Prefix Interface" drop-down is set for the first LAN, and there's no way to select multiple LANs there.

It just seems like there's gotta be a way to break these large IPv6 blocks into individual /64s that could help out everyone!

Thanks for any thoughts/suggestions!

styxl

@sirsilentbob

This is how i did it (on an SG-5100)

interface igb0 {
        send ia-na 0;
        send ia-pd 0;
        send ia-pd 1;
        send ia-pd 2;
        send ia-pd 3;
        send ia-pd 4;
        send ia-pd 5;
        send ia-pd 6;
        request domain-name-servers;
        request domain-name;
        script "/var/etc/dhcp6c_wan_script.sh";
};
id-assoc na 0 { };
id-assoc pd 0 {
        prefix-interface ix0 {
                sla-id 0;
                sla-len 0;
        };
};
id-assoc pd 1 {
        prefix-interface ix1.101 {
                sla-id 0;
                sla-len 0;
        };
};
id-assoc pd 2 { };
id-assoc pd 3 { };
id-assoc pd 4 { };
id-assoc pd 5 { };
id-assoc pd 6 { };
id-assoc pd 7 { };

Then my LAN interfaces as setup as such;

For LAN:

For LAN2:

SirSilentBob

@styxl Thanks! It turns out there was another configuration oddity that was the culprit. I've been able to get it going fine on FIOS without this script. I'll keep it in mind if anything ends up changing though.

AiC0315

I am able to get an IPV6 address on WAN and LAN But when I go to a site to test IPV6 it fails. When I plug directly into the RG it passes the test. Am I missing something?

TIA

JKnott

@aic0315

What failure do you see at the test site?
Which test site are you using?

AiC0315

@jknott
Test-ipv6 gives no results for IPV6
and IPVG-test says not supported

JKnott

@aic0315

Are you sure you have an IPv6 address, other than link local?

AiC0315

@jknott
On the interface status page it is showing the link local and an IPV6 address. So, I am assuming so.

JKnott

@aic0315

What do you get when you run netstat -r?
You should see something like this:

Internet6:
Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire
default fe80::217:10ff:fe9 UG igb0

Try a packet capture when you try to access test-ipv6.

paul_s

I am getting prefix delegation to my two LAN interfaces. It is working great. However, sometimes the prefixes swap interfaces. Is there a way to configure dhcp6c to prevent that?

I have an ATT BGW320 and am using a UniFi USG router. Sorry I don't have a PFsense router. I think I just don't know what the dhcp6c configuration should be to prevent the swapping.

JKnott

@paul_s

What do you mean swap prefixes? Normally, you assign a prefix ID to each interface.

paul_s

@jknott
For instance the prefixes and address might be assigned this way
2600:1700:2b60:df9e::1 assigned to eth0
2600:1700:2b60:df9f::1 assigned to eth1

Then a few days later or after a reboot they might be reversed
2600:1700:2b60:df9f::1 assigned to eth0
2600:1700:2b60:df9e::1 assigned to eth1

Is there a way to keep the assignments consistent? What part of the configuration assigned a particular prefix to an interface?

Bob.Dig

@paul_s Something in the pfSense WebGUI. You can set it up for free...

JKnott

@paul_s

That sounds like a hardware issue. Any chance you're using USB Ethernet ports.

paul_s

Not using USB. The interfaces are integrated in the router.

JKnott

@paul_s

I have never seen anything like that.

I just noticed this:

I have an ATT BGW320 and am using a UniFi USG router. Sorry I don't have a PFsense router.

So, you're not running pfSense? If not, maybe you should be asking in a UniFi forum.

My router is the one described in my sig, which I have been using with pfSense for over 1.5 years and before that, I had a HP compact desktop computer. Before that, I had a Linux based firewall on that HP computer and other computers before that. I have never, ever seen interfaces move. Are eth0 and eth1 associated with the same interface (same MAC) when the prefixes move?

paul_s

@JKnott
I have a lot of respect for the members of this forum and have been unable to find the answer at UniFi. I was hoping that someone with experience like you might know the mechanism that assigns the delegated prefixes to a particular interface. Is it dhcp6c or is it radvd or something else? Then I hoped there might be a configuration parameter that might anchor the prefix to an interface.

The interfaces are not moving, they retain the same MAC address. The IPv6 prefix changes.

thanks for your time.