same here on same hardware, I had to switch off ipv6

On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 5:18 AM, Rob Hillis <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yeah, I guess that would have been helpful.  :)
>
> I'm running on an ALIX 2-3 here.  Admittedly it's fairly old, but it's been
> very, very stable.  I'm suspecting a software issue simply because this
> occurred after I upgraded to pfSense 2.2.  The only issues with IPv6 I had
> prior to upgrading to 2.2 was with my Windows workstation - the Realtec
> driver for my network card would choke every month or two and require
> uninstallation and reinstallation. (5 second procedure - once I'd figured
> out what was at fault!)
>
>
> On 21/02/2015 2:44 AM, Ryan Coleman wrote:
>>
>> I will not be of help to you, Rob, but I see something missing (or I’m
>> blind this morning - it’s winter here in the states so that’s possible):
>> What hardware platform are you running on?
>> It might not change anything but I did notice it was missing.
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Feb 20, 2015, at 9:35 AM, Rob Hillis <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> Ever since I upgraded from pfSense 2.1.5 to 2.2, I've had problems with
>>> IPv6 remaining available to all workstations.
>>>
>>> My ISP is Internode in Australia, who offers dual stack IPv6 with a 56
>>> bit subnet allocated via DHCPv6 over IPv4.  I have my WAN connection set up
>>> as follows:-
>>>
>>> IPv6 Configuration Type: DHCP6
>>> Use IPv4 connectivity as parent interface: Checked
>>> Request only a IPv6 prefix: Checked
>>> DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation size: Checked
>>> Send IPv6 prefix hint: Unchecked
>>>
>>> The LAN interface is statically set with an IPv6 address and DHCPv6/RA is
>>> set up as follows:-
>>>
>>> DHCPv6 server disabled
>>> Router Advertisements: Unmanaged (have also tried Assisted, with a DHCPv6
>>> server running from my domain controller with the same results)
>>> Router Priority: High
>>> RA Subnet(s): none listed
>>> DNS servers: My domain controller's IPv6 address is listed.
>>>
>>> The dashboard shows the following interface information:-
>>>
>>> WAN: up
>>> 59.167.122.229
>>> fe80::20d:b9ff:fe14:723a
>>>
>>> LAN: up
>>> 100baseTX <full-duplex>
>>> 10.100.18.254
>>> 2001:44b8:41d6:ce00::1
>>>
>>> When the router first comes up, I have full IPv6 connectivity without an
>>> issue.  However, after a couple of hours, IPv6 becomes unavailable from my
>>> Ubuntu 14.04 LTS server box - ping6s go without replies.  My Windows desktop
>>> sometimes continues to resolve IPv6 addresses (but can't ping them), however
>>> it often reverts to IPv4, though a ping -6 usually works fine.  My domain
>>> controller (Server 2012 Foundation) happily serves up AAAA records, though
>>> often can't ping them.  ipv6-test.com shows IPv4 connectivity is fine, but
>>> IPv6 is "not supported".  DNS6 + IP4 shows up as reachable, and as I said,
>>> my Windows server happily returns AAAA records if they're found.  pfSense
>>> happily continues to respond on IPv6 internally, and all communication
>>> within my LAN works fine over IPv6.  Servers (of which there are several)
>>> have statically configured IPv6 addresses, whereas my desktop configures
>>> itself via SLAAC.
>>>
>>> A reboot of the router solves the issue, but only for a couple of hours.
>>> The log files aren't much help - routing.log shows a single entry advising
>>> that radvd 1.9.1 started.  dhcpd.log shows the following:-
>>>
>>> Feb 20 18:54:29 router dhcp6c[15483]: failed to open
>>> /usr/local/etc/dhcp6cctlkey: No such file or directory
>>> Feb 20 18:54:29 router dhcp6c[15483]: failed initialize control message
>>> authentication
>>> Feb 20 18:54:29 router dhcp6c[15483]: skip opening control port
>>> Feb 20 21:02:45 router dhcp6c[15623]: all information to be updated was
>>> canceled
>>>
>>> The router was restarted at 18:54.  Whilst I can't say for sure that IPv6
>>> stopped functioning at 21:02, this seems to be about the interval that IPv6
>>> works.  system log shows the system booting up, but nothing relevant
>>> afterwards.  Likewise, dmesg.boot shows boot up info, but nothing else.
>>>
>>> Reverting to pfSense 2.1.5 would be somewhat of a pain since I can't find
>>> the backup of my configuration prior to upgrading.  I'm fairly sure I did
>>> back up, but it's possible that I neglected to do so. The loss of IPv6 isn't
>>> a killer, it's just a little inconvenient.
>>>
>>> Can anyone give me some hints as to where this issue may lie?  If I've
>>> missed any relevant information, please let me know.  This is driving me
>>> slightly nuts.
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