@sergeturgeon wrote:> For your router's IPv6 IP, yes.
And, do you know the format?
I understand IPv6 addresses from the local LAN won't have a Rogers domain name but the router should have a hostname.
My use-case is to establish a VPN connection to my home router using an IPv6 hostname instead of its IPv6 address.
You should now have a host name based on the firewall/router and cable modem MAC addresses in the form:
CPE<router MAC address>-CM<modem MAC address>.cpe.net6.cable.rogers.com
I don't recall seeing this when I checked a few months ago.
@RogersDave wrote:
Rogers IPv6 Settings for pFSense firewall
In WAN Interface menu:
- Use IPv4 connectivity as parent interface: yes
- Request only a IPv6 prefix: no
- DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation Size: 64
- Send IPv6 prefix hint: yes
In LAN Interface menu:
- IPv6 Configuration Type: track interface
- IPv6 Interface: WAN
- IPv6 Prefix ID: 0
In Advanced Settings / Network menu:
- Allow IPv6: enabled
pFSense may need to be rebooted for the configuration changes to take effect.
Earlier in the thread I mentioned how my prefix would change after something as simple as disconnecting/jreconnecting the WAN Ethernet cable. I discovered the problem was caused by pfSense sending a DHCPv6 release. This has since been corrected in pfSense v 2.3.3. In Interfaces > WAN, under DHCP6 Client Configuration, enable: "Do not allow PD/Address release". This will cause pfSense to stop sending the release.
@JKnott wrote:
@sergeturgeon wrote:> For your router's IPv6 IP, yes.
And, do you know the format?
I understand IPv6 addresses from the local LAN won't have a Rogers domain name but the router should have a hostname.
My use-case is to establish a VPN connection to my home router using an IPv6 hostname instead of its IPv6 address.
You should now have a host name based on the firewall/router and cable modem MAC addresses in the form:
CPE<router MAC address>-CM<modem MAC address>.cpe.net6.cable.rogers.com
I don't recall seeing this when I checked a few months ago.
I just checked and see the CPE MAC is different for IPv4 & IPv6. The IPv4 CPE MAC reflects the WAN NIC MAC, but the IPv6 CPE MAC is from the LAN NIC.
@Double_K wrote:@JKnott I've tested "Use IPv4 connectivity as parent interface: no" and it works. Any thoughts on why this would need to be set to yes?
Did you try rebooting after you did that? pfSense has to get it's prefix from somewhere. With Rogers, it uses DHCPv6 prefix delegation. If you don't get it from the IPv4 interface, where will you get it?
@yyzsam wrote:
My research told it wouldn't work but last night I quickly set it up and it appears to be working OK but there are some oddities or maybe because I'm new to IPv6 and don't fully understand.
It isn't assigning 2 IPv6 addresses from each provider to all clients, it's just using Rogers at the moment but I am able to route traffic across each ISP. My research said this most likely wouldn't be possible because the ISP wouldn't allow it.
Lot's of testing to do today.
BTW I am using Sophos UTM 9.x
I'm not sure what your question is. It's certainly possible to assign multiple IPv6 addresses to an interface. In fact, that makes it easy to move from one ISP to another without disruption.
@JKnott wrote:Did you try rebooting after you did that? pfSense has to get it's prefix from somewhere. With Rogers, it uses DHCPv6 prefix delegation. If you don't get it from the IPv4 interface, where will you get it?
Yes, have rebooted a few times as I'm playing with Traffic Shaping.
On the WAN, I'm getting a 2607:f798 DHCP6 address every time, and on the VLANs, I'm getting 2607:fea8 PD addresses on all of them.
I wonder if it works because I have a separate IPv6 Gateway setup from the IPv4 WAN_DHCP gateway
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