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Bug #15897

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After an IPv6 prefix and IP change on the WAN interface the old deprecated IPv6 address is shown on Dashboard->Interfaces and Status->Interfaces

Added by Uwe Verwey 5 months ago. Updated 4 months ago.

Status:
Rejected
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
Web Interface
Target version:
-
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
Release Notes:
Default
Affected Version:
2.7.2
Affected Architecture:
All

Description

After an IPv6 prefix and IP change on the WAN interface the old deprecated IPv6 address is shown on Dashboard->Interfaces and Status->Interfaces.

Seems like the IP and prefix change is not detected and client devices loose IPv6 connectivity. Additional bugs might be involved in the E2E IPv6 management.
I will post additional issues.

vtnet0 is the WAN interface.
ifconfig vtnet0 | grep 2003
inet6 2003:e2:8719:d000:11:32ff:fe20:4119 prefixlen 64 deprecated autoconf pltime 0 vltime 7197
inet6 2003:e2:8714:3800:11:32ff:fe20:4119 prefixlen 64 autoconf pltime 1798 vltime 7200

Old IP: 2003:e2:8719:d000:11:32ff:fe20:4119
New IP: 2003:e2:8714:3800:11:32ff:fe20:4119

Old IP is shown in the GUI.

Background: I’m running a CARP HA Cluster for IPv4 on pfSense Plus 24.11. Adding IPv6 to the cluster node(s) resulted in an unstable cluster. I’m testing IPv6 now in a VM running pfSense 2.7.2.
Scenario: IPv6 with dynamic IPv6 prefix advertised by upstream router via DCHPv6 to WAN Interface.
WAN IPv6 Configuration Type: DHCP6
DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation size: 61
Send IPv6 prefix hint: yes
Request only an IPv6 prefix: no

Clients are configured "unmanaged" (Stateless Address Auto-Configuration (SLAAC))

Steps to reproduce:
Initiate a IPv6 prefix change on the upstream router.

Steps to resolve / work around:
Manual workaround to show the correct IPv6 address in the GUI:
Remove the depreciated IPv6 address on CLI.
ifconfig vtnet0 inet6 2003:e2:8719:d000:11:32ff:fe20:4119/64 delete

Actions #1

Updated by Jim Pingle 4 months ago

  • Status changed from New to Rejected

CARP is not compatible with dynamic addresses/interfaces, it can only be used with static interfaces.

Actions #2

Updated by Uwe Verwey 4 months ago

CARP is only used on the IPv4 cluster - not with IPv6

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