Enable IPv6 fails silently
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Problem:
Logs are spammed by local IPv6 5353 blocked packets.System > Advanced > Networking >
IPv6 is disabled, and there is no way to avoid the block being written to the logs, therefore I tried to allow IPv6 and create a floating block rule (with no save to logs)To reproduce:
System > Advanced > Networking > Enable IPv6
check,
SaveExpected:
IPv6 is enabledActual:
IPv6 remains unchecked and no feedback is given to the user.Fix
System > Advanced > Firewall & NAT
Firewall Maximum Table Entries has to be increased to 400000Suggestion
- Increase Table Size by default
- Warn user that is prevents IPv6 enable or add this info to the description
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