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    KEA DHCPv6 DNS registration

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      IonutIT
      last edited by IonutIT

      I really don't understand why this is happening but for ONE (any only one) of my DHCPv6 static reservation there's no DNS registration. All other reservations have proper functioning DNS registrations in Unbound.

      Here is what my DHCP static mappings settings look for one of my VLANS:

      Screenshot 2025-11-05 at 21.23.49.jpg
      Screenshot 2025-11-05 at 21.23.36.jpg
      Screenshot 2025-11-05 at 21.23.18.jpg

      And here is what host lookup looks like for these 3 hosts:

      Screenshot 2025-11-05 at 21.25.03.jpg

      As you can see the last entry for unifi does not register with DNS and I can't for the life of me understand why. I've deleted the reservation, made it again, change the reserved IP address, restarted Unbound, restarted KEA, rebooted pfSense, nothing worked.

      In trying to figure out what the hell is happening, I noticed a weird entry in my NDP Table:

      Screenshot 2025-11-05 at 21.41.23.jpg

      And lo and behold that host does resolve to my static DHCPv6 allocation:

      Screenshot 2025-11-05 at 21.44.24.jpg

      Does someone has any idea why this particular reservation resolves in DNS with a different domain name? What's going on?

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        Gertjan @IonutIT
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        @IonutIT

        Copy 'unknown' into the search tool, in the forum part, DHCP and DNS and you'll find other stories about this 'unknown'.

        edit : here : pfSense 2.8.1: Kea DHCPv6 IPv6 Static Lease Allocation Fails (ALLOC_ENGINE_V6_ALLOC_FAIL_SUBNET) for Known Client, Inconsistent DNS

        Also, I found this yesterday : PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size exhausted in /usr/local/bin/kea2unbound

        I'm using that new /usr/local/bin/kea2unbound since yesterday. So far, very good.

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

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          IonutIT @Gertjan
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          @Gertjan

          Thanks for pointing those out. I also posted on that thread there with some updates.

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