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#319192 1-Apr-2025 08:16
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Does anyone know how to stop my LAN devices getting an IPv6 address with the Huawei DN8245X6-10 router provided by One?

I've tried setting the IP acquisition mode to "None" under Advanced -> WAN, rebooted the router and then ran an ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew but that didn't seem to work. Any ideas?

 


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  #3359366 1-Apr-2025 08:28
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Why?

 

 

 

Rather than disabling, what's the primary issue at hand?





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  #3359379 1-Apr-2025 09:04
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I have a service I need to use that does like IPv6.


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  #3359382 1-Apr-2025 09:31
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Disable IPv6 on the computer.





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  #3359416 1-Apr-2025 10:49
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IPv6 can't be disabled directly on the device which is accessing the service. It's not a Windows workstation.

I need to disable IPv6 at the router level.


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  #3361275 6-Apr-2025 12:09
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No one got any ideas?


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  #3361281 6-Apr-2025 12:22
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Set prefix acquisition mode to none.


 
 
 
 

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  #3361297 6-Apr-2025 13:13
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broonie27:

 

I have a service I need to use that does like IPv6.

 

What service? You shouldn’t need to ever disable IPv6. 





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  #3361313 6-Apr-2025 14:25
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broonie27:

 

IPv6 can't be disabled directly on the device which is accessing the service. It's not a Windows workstation.

I need to disable IPv6 at the router level.

 

 

How are you checking IPv6 is still on? Even after setting to None on the router it won't affect whether the device still has IPv6 enabled on its LAN/WLAN interface just no end-to-end Internet connectivity.


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  #3361374 6-Apr-2025 18:54
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Those are just IPv6 settings. You need to edit your WAN config and set protocol type to IPv4 only.


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  #3361541 7-Apr-2025 09:58
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Just uncheck these the device will still have a link local address though.

Mine is disabled as this router is been used only as a ap.
I have only found one service that doesn't work correctly on ipv6 and that is because they were putting a ipv6 wrapper on someone else's service.


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  #3361992 8-Apr-2025 14:05
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michaelmurfy:

 

broonie27:

 

I have a service I need to use that does like IPv6.

 

What service? You shouldn’t need to ever disable IPv6. 

 

 

I've already tried that, but it didn't seem to work.


 
 
 
 

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  #3361993 8-Apr-2025 14:10
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Sorry @michaelmurfy I responded to the wrong post.


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  #3361994 8-Apr-2025 14:11
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RunningMan:

 

Set prefix acquisition mode to none.

 

 

I've already tried that but it didn't seem to work.


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  #3361996 8-Apr-2025 14:19
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yitz:

 

How are you checking IPv6 is still on? Even after setting to None on the router it won't affect whether the device still has IPv6 enabled on its LAN/WLAN interface just no end-to-end Internet connectivity.

 

 

 

 

The device I need to to be NOT using IPv6 is an Android device and I can't forcibly turn off the protocol on it. Instead I need to ensure it doesn't get an IPv6 address from the router.


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  #3362070 8-Apr-2025 17:25
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If the settings I showed are off and you have powered off the device and powered it back on and also no other router on the network it won't have a ipv6 address.
I am thinking you have a different issue.


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