@clarenceb5 wrote:
II get full speeds using Rogers router but can't get more than 400-450 mbps downstream on my R600VPN with modem in bridge mode.
What kind of modem do you have? Do you have "Ignite Internet" with a Technicolor XB6 modem/gateway? If so, there is currently a known issue where the modem's throughput will drop after a reboot when Bridge Mode is enabled. However, if the XB6 is in Gateway mode and you then enable Bridge Mode, and do not reboot or power-cycle the modem, you should continue to see full speeds.
Hello, @Simon_Clift
Thanks so much for posting your concern in the Community!
I completely understand your desire to use IPv6 for your Business services. To have the latest information on Business service it would be best to contact our Business teams directly.
You can reach them by clicking here: https://www.rogers.com/business/contact-us.
Feel free to share your findings with the Community.
RogersTony
As for IPv4 DHCP, I find my IP address changes so seldom, it's virtually static. However, the host name, based on modem and firewall MAC addresses, does not change unless you change hardware. So, if you have your own DNS server, you can create an alias that points to the MAC based host name. On IPv6, my prefix also doesn't change, but my firewall (pfSense) has a setting that prevents releasing the prefix.
As for poor support, I am also well aware of that. In early 2019 I had an IPv6 problem and found I had to teach both tier 2 support and a senior tech the finer details about how IPv6 worked on Rogers. Further, even though I was able to demonstrate to tier 2 that the problem was within Rogers, the network support people refused to work on the problem because I had my own firewall/router, even though my next door neighbour had the same problem with only the Hitron modem and a single computer. With Wireshark, I was able to identify the failing system, by name, at the Rogers head end on Wolfedale in Mississauga. A senior tech brought his won modem and experienced the same problem. He then took his modem & computer to the head end and tried with 4 different CMTS and found it only failed with the one I was connected to and had identified. It was only after this that the network guys got off their butts and did something. Also, over the 3 months it took to get this resolved, I was communicating with the Office of the President and even when they got involved, the network guys still refused to do anything. So, the tier 2 and senior tech guys did their job, but the network guys failed miserably.
I'm not familiar with that equipment, but I see you have 2 prefix length lines. I assume 1 is for the WAN and the other for the LAN. You can change the WAN line to 56, which will give you up to 256 /64s for your LAN.
@JKnott wrote:
You can change the WAN line to 56, which will give you up to 256 /64s for your LAN.
Sure, but unless you have multiple LAN segments or multiple VLANs on your internal network, why waste the address space? Or, just request a /60 prefix delegation if that is all that you need. Even with the default /64 PD, you still get more address space for your home network than the entire IPv4 Internet combined.
Waste? A measly /56? There are enough IPv6 addresses to give every single person on earth over 4000 /48s! And that's with just over 1/8th of the IPv6 addresses space assigned to anything. I currently use 4 of my /64s. I have the main LAN, guest WiFi, test LAN and VPN.
@JKnott What can I say. I go all the way back to the days when you could still get a Class A IP network address if you were a big-enough organization, Class B addresses were readily available, and we were still downloading HOSTS.TXT from SRI-NIC because DNS and BIND did not yet exist. 🙂
32 bits was more than enough address space back then, and very few at the time believed that this would (or even could) ever be exhausted. I try not to waste address space as a matter of principle.
I also recall those days, when I had a static IP over SLIP. Back in the late 90's, when I was at IBM, they had the entire 9.0.0.0 /8 block and I had 5 static addresses, one for my own computer and 4 for testing in my work. With the vast address space in IPv6, we no longer worry about saving addresses. For example, on this computer I normally have 17 IPv6 addresses, 1 link local, 8 global (1 MAC based & 7 privacy) and 8 unique local.
@liquidneon have a look at the following post:
https://communityforums.rogers.com/t5/Internet/Rogers-IPv6-Status/m-p/373238#M36710
here's what I tried. please correct if anything is off! I copied as closely as possible based on @RogersDave TP link settings:
With pfsense, I use SLAAC.
For the Internet Connection Type, is there a "Native" selection?
I think what you currently have selected should work.
With those settings selected, reboot the router and connected pc/laptop. After the reboot, run an ipconfig command at a command prompt. That should show that the pc has an IPV6 address as the primary address. Then, with a web browser, go to https://ipv6-test.com/
Interesting, Dynamic would be the best and only choice from what I can see. Have you checked the router for any firmware updates? Just wondering if there are any, and if that would make a difference?
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