help please with Edgerouter + 2degree +ipv6

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iamsammajor

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#315659 4-Aug-2024 09:40

Hi all,

im desperated for some help wiht my router set up, i had followed the Edgerouter tutorial and ran the following,

set interfaces ethernet eth0 vif 10 pppoe 0 ipv6 enable
edit interfaces ethernet eth0 vif 10 pppoe 0 dhcpv6-pd pd 0
set prefix-length /56
set interface eth1 host-address ::1
set interface eth1 prefix-id :0
set interface eth1 service slaac
top
set interfaces ethernet eth0 vif 10 pppoe 0 dhcpv6-pd prefix-only
commit
save

within my edgerouter page i can see there are some ipv6 address appear and it looks like a global ge80 address, but when i try "https://ipv6test.google.com/" it says "You don’t have IPv6, but you shouldn’t have problems on websites that add IPv6 support."

i had no luck with ipv6 ever and no care as much, but I have an iptv app only support ipv6, would be good to get this going,

any help would be awesome

TIA,

Sam

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#3267947 4-Aug-2024 10:12

Suggest you read the last few pages here:

https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=66&topicid=205740&page_no=57

I'm not on 2degrees anymore but lots of working configs pasted there and things to check.

can you ping6 from your router?

have you rebooted the windows device (restart not shutdown)?

Tried from a android device or iphone?

Pretty sure you're missing a few steps in the config

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iamsammajor

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#3337694 31-Jan-2025 13:20

mentalinc:

Suggest you read the last few pages here:

https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=66&topicid=205740&page_no=57

I'm not on 2degrees anymore but lots of working configs pasted there and things to check.

can you ping6 from your router?

have you rebooted the windows device (restart not shutdown)?

Tried from a android device or iphone?

Pretty sure you're missing a few steps in the config

i tried all of the above, still no luck with IPv6, yet if i plug the orbi, ipv6 works perfectly fine,

every post i find online mentioned Edgerouter is abit iffy with ipv6

KiwiSurfer

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#3337721 31-Jan-2025 14:40

I have the EdgeRouter and it's fine with IPv6 and have used it on the Slingshot/Vocus/2degrees network in the past. It is also paired with an Orbi which simply passes through everything to the EdgeRouter -- hopefully you're not double-NAT-ing by any chance?

Also, have you tried using DHCP/IPoE instead? I never used PPPoE for IPv6 when I was on their network in the past -- IIRC it wasn't supported on PPPoE for quite sometime when they first introduced IPv6. I believe these days I believe both DHCP and PPPoE is supported for IPv6 -- but I would probably go with DHCP anyway.

To set up my EdgeRouter, I just reset it and then used the built in wizard for DHCP/IPoE (sorry can't recall the name the EdgeRouter use for this particular configuration but it'll be either DHCP or IPoE, and not PPPoE). Made sure to tick the box for IPv6 and just leave everything else at default settings. It worked fine with default settings so I would try that as a starting point.

I would recommend the wizard anyway as it also loads several firewall entries for IPv6 which you must have anyway -- your config above doesn't seem to include any IPv6 firewall entries.

I currently use the EdgeRouter on Quic with DHCP/vlan10 (same as 2degrees I believe) with no day to day issue. Only fix I had to apply was the manual config change needed to fix a long standing EdegRouter bug -- see the last FAQ on Quic's support page. Also as noted works fine with Orbi -- making sure it is not configured to do its own DHCP.

iamsammajor

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#3337722 31-Jan-2025 14:46

KiwiSurfer:

I have the EdgeRouter and it's fine with IPv6 and have used it on the Slingshot/Vocus/2degrees network in the past. It is also paired with an Orbi which simply passes through everything to the EdgeRouter -- hopefully you're not double-NAT-ing by any chance?

Also, have you tried using DHCP/IPoE instead? I never used PPPoE for IPv6 when I was on their network in the past -- IIRC it wasn't supported on PPPoE for quite sometime when they first introduced IPv6. I believe these days I believe both DHCP and PPPoE is supported for IPv6 -- but I would probably go with DHCP anyway.

To set up my EdgeRouter, I just reset it and then used the built in wizard for DHCP/IPoE (sorry can't recall the name the EdgeRouter use for this particular configuration but it'll be either DHCP or IPoE, and not PPPoE). Made sure to tick the box for IPv6 and just leave everything else at default settings. It worked fine with default settings so I would try that as a starting point.

I would recommend the wizard anyway as it also loads several firewall entries for IPv6 which you must have anyway -- your config above doesn't seem to include any IPv6 firewall entries.

I currently use the EdgeRouter on Quic with DHCP/vlan10 (same as 2degrees I believe) with no day to day issue. Only fix I had to apply was the manual config change needed to fix a long standing EdegRouter bug -- see the last FAQ on Quic's support page. Also as noted works fine with Orbi -- making sure it is not configured to do its own DHCP.

thats a good point, i think im still using PPPOE, i might give it a try on DHCP tonight, only pain resetting it is to set up all the static ip again but oh well

will post update XD

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#3337726 31-Jan-2025 14:55

Please also check your Orbi settings. Check the IP addresses -- if your Orbi is on a different IPv4 subnet than your EdgerRouter it would point to your Orbi not being set up corretly. If it's that then that's an easier fix and you might be able to leave the EdgeRouter as it is.

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#3337784 31-Jan-2025 16:05

The tutorial was updated for Vocus/2degrees IPv6…

Suggest following that. Have that configuration used in a few places now.

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