Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but if you are seeing an IPv6 link-local address on an interface then IPv6 is enabled, just not configured. PFSense gurus, does setting IPv6 to none in PFSense not disable IPv6 operation in the OS?
On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 8:37 AM, Vick Khera <[email protected]> wrote: > According to the System/Advanced/Networking page, there is an option > to prefer IPv4. However, it says this: "if IPv6 is configured and a > hostname resolves IPv6 and IPv4 addresses, IPv6 will be used." > > I do not have IPv6 configured -- all my interfaces are statically > configured. The only IPv6 I see is the automatic link-local address > assigned to each interface. Is that enough to convince pfSense that it > is "configured"? > > The symptom I'm seeing is that one of the remote NTP servers I sync > with returns both IPv6 and IPv4 addresses, and NTP is preferring the > v6 address which does not work here. > > If I check the box to enable the "prefer IPv4" it does indeed select > the IPv4 address. So something is misleading pfSense to thinking v6 is > enabled, at least for NTP. > _______________________________________________ > pfSense mailing list > https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold > -- Sincerely, Heath Barnhart Network Administrator [image: KanREN] <http://www.kanren.net/> [image: phone] 785-856-9815 2029 Becker Drive, Suite 282 Lawrence, Kansas 66047 [image: linkedin] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/92399?trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Acompany%2CclickedEntityId%3A92399%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1440002635645%2Ctas%3AKanREN> [image: twitter] <https://twitter.com/TheKanREN> [image: twitter] <http://www.kanren.net/feed/> need support? <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ pfSense mailing list https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold
