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fe31nz
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  #3113045 8-Aug-2023 01:44
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gamliela:

 

And this is when it's turned on (and when the problem occurs):

 

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 94-DE-80-B0-B0-DA
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : fd84:4765:979a:d00:8ac9:b0ce:655f:f3b(Preferred)
Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : fd84:4765:979a:d00:8c7b:d767:d487:517a(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::502d:d445:a8ca:5fcd%14(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.11(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, 7 August 2023 8:13:55 pm
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, 8 August 2023 8:13:54 pm
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 244637312
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-28-D2-F7-12-94-DE-80-B0-B0-DA
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::1%14
192.168.1.1
192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

 

 

 

Note the "fe80::1%14" address in the DNS server, I suspect this is the culprit.

 

 

Those fd84:: IPv6 addresses are in the fc00::/7 range which is for "unique local unicast" addresses.  Those addresses are to be used for creating a local IPv6 network that does not connect to the Internet - they are not routeable, and traffic from them will be dropped by any Internet router.  So that is a problem if they are being used.  I have no idea why such IPv6 addresses have been assigned, but that is clearly wrong.

 

The fe80::1%14 address for the DNS server is potentially valid - it is a link local IPv6 address and that sort of address is what is frequently used to route packets to a next hop router, which in this case is likely to be your gateway router.  If that router is a DNS server or DNS relay, as home Internet routers often are, the configuration would work.  The %14 on that address is the interface number for the interface to be used for that fe80::1 address.  Your posted data shows that interface is the one that goes to your gateway router, and the ::1 device ID says it is is likely the address of your gateway router.  So it should work.  To test if it actually works as a DNS server, run a command like this:

 

nslookup 8.8.8.8 fe80:1%14

 

If you get back a reply, then it is working.  The results should be the same as you get from:

 

nslookup 8.8.8.8 192.168.1.1




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  #3113098 8-Aug-2023 09:40
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I definitely had two HG659 running at once. Can't remember the details of how I configured it though - while technically possible and feasible the device software isn't designed with this in mind. Did what it needed to at the time though - wifi in places the first device couldn't reach. 

 

 

 

Eventually upgraded to two GWN7660 (one HG659 still running as the router with wifi disabled). For ~$400 (+ ~$100 for a PoE switch) they were easy to set up, great coverage, seamless roaming, can handle more devices than consumer APs, etc. 


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  #3113539 8-Aug-2023 21:43
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@fe31nz Thanks for the detailed response :) I think this confirms that the problem is somewhere around the IPv6 configuration. For me the easy solution was to disable IPv6 DHCP Server on the main router, which then stopped assigning those addresses to the Windows machine.


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