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#273311 15-Aug-2020 20:06
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I've recently got a COVR-2200 Mesh WiFi solution, which I purchased because it (allegedly) supports IPv6; where-as the crufty-old mesh solution I was using didn't.

 

The COVR solution requires replacing the Orcon router in order to get the best use of its features (like a separate "Guests" SSID, for example).   That feature annoyingly is disabled when the COVR is put into bridging mode; damned if I know why - manufacturers have some weird ideas, I guess.

 

Anyway, getting to the point - the COVR doesn't seem to get an IPv6 address off the USB connection; whereas the NF4V did (assuming the "enable IPv6 box was checked, of course!).

 

I have the following options on the COVR management interface:

 

 

and "Advanced" shows me:

 

 

I have tried inserting my Pi4 (with an additional network interface) in between the WAN port of the COVR and the ONT and I can see the COVR doing something IPV6-ish; but clearly not the right sort of magic to negotiate an IPv6 address...

 

Does anyone (@Sounddude, perhaps?) know if any of those options are compatible and/or will work with the Orcon IPv6 stack (over a Chorus Fibre connection)?  IPv4 works, naturally.

 

Ta!


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  #2542637 17-Aug-2020 09:25
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Auto-Detection

 

SLACK+Stateless DHCP should work.

 

 

 

Would be my guess, if not try Stateful DHCPv6.

 

 

 

 




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  #2542663 17-Aug-2020 09:47
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Thanks @Sounddude.

 

Unfortunately, I have tried all those combinations, and none of them seem to wind up with an IPv6 address appearing on or being allocated to the COVR.

 

Is it worth raising a support ticket, do you think?

 

(It's a "nice to have", but hand-on-heart I can't claim it's essential)

 

 


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  #2542664 17-Aug-2020 09:48
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What area are you in? Still not fully completed our ipv6 rollout yet.

 

 

 

 




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  #2542674 17-Aug-2020 10:00
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Aotea / Porirua / Wellington.

 

I've had IPv6 for some time, as it works with the standard Ocron-supplied router; I wasn't aware when I purchased the COVR that I'd need to replace the Orcon Router to get the full feature set of the COVR working (and I use "feature" in the loosest possible sense of the word, as it really isn't that great!)

 

Apparently I unlocked the IPv6 badge here on Geekzone in April 2017; so I'd guess it's been working since then...

 

 

 

 

 

 


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  #2542711 17-Aug-2020 10:41
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jamesrt:

 

Aotea / Porirua / Wellington.

 

I've had IPv6 for some time, as it works with the standard Ocron-supplied router; I wasn't aware when I purchased the COVR that I'd need to replace the Orcon Router to get the full feature set of the COVR working (and I use "feature" in the loosest possible sense of the word, as it really isn't that great!)

 

Apparently I unlocked the IPv6 badge here on Geekzone in April 2017; so I'd guess it's been working since then...

 

 

Hey neighbour (also in Aotea). To confirm, IPv6 is def working here on an Orcon connection. 


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  #2542726 17-Aug-2020 11:09
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Ping me your username and I will have a look


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  #2542738 17-Aug-2020 11:36
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Appreciate that; thanks!

 

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Hi,

 

I have a D-Link DIR-X3260 with exactly the same settings and having the same problems setting up IPv6.

 

Did you have any success getting this to work?

 

Thanks, Stephen


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  #2951426 6-Aug-2022 20:21
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No, never got it working when the COVR was the gateway router.


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  #2951433 6-Aug-2022 20:39
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That's a shame. Thanks.


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