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    What Should Prefix Delegation Size on the DHCPv6 Server Page Be?

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    • areckethennuA
      areckethennu
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      Under Services > DHCPv6 Server & RA > LAN > DHCPv6 Server, I've got the following (I think these are the default settings):

      DHCPv6 Server = Enable DHCPv6 server on interface LAN
      Subnet = Prefix Delegation (2600:8801:100:5700::/64)
      Subnet Mask = 64 bits
      Available Range = :: to ::ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff
      Range = ::1000 to ::2000
      Prefix Delegation Range = blank
      Prefix Delegation Size = 48

      That Prefix Delegation Size of 48 bothers me. AFAIK, I'm getting a /56 from Cox. Shouldn't the Prefix Delegation Size on the LAN's DHCPv6 Server page be a number between 56 and 64? I'd assume /64 would be correct, but I'm mostly clueless.

      Anyway, here's some supporting stuff:

      On the WAN interface:
      IPv6 Configuration Type = DHCP6
      DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation size = 56
      Send IPv6 prefix hint = Enabled
      Debug = Enabled

      On the LAN interface:
      IPv6 Configuration Type = Track Interface
      IPv6 Interface = WAN
      IPv6 Prefix ID = 0

      Filtering Status > System Logs > DHCP for "prefix" gives:

      Mar 2 11:44:45	dhcpd	83677	Unable to pick client prefix: no IPv6 pools on this shared network
      Mar 2 11:43:11	dhcp6c	21421	create a prefix 2600:8801:100:5700::/56 pltime=86400, vltime=86400
      Mar 2 11:43:11	dhcp6c	21421	IA_PD prefix: 2600:8801:100:5700::/56 pltime=86400 vltime=140733193474432
      

      So, it looks like I'm getting the /56 from Cox. Is that first message about "no IPv6 pools" perhaps related to the /48 on the Server page?

      I'm just a home user with pfSense 23.09-RELEASE (amd64) on a Protecli VP2410

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