topic Re: EE FTTP IPv6 - With Third Party Router in Broadband & Landline

EE FTTP IPv6 - With Third Party Router

CCLNOID — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:21:58 GMT

Hello

I have a FortiGate firewall supplied by my employer for home working, in December 2023 I had FTTP installed new and signed up to the 900Mbps package from EE as don't have faster than 1Gb ports on the firewall. I set up PPPOE using the bthomehub@btbroadband.com username with no password and get an IPv4 address back no issues at all. I turned on the IPv6 functionality on the firewall and set the IPv6 to get an IP via DHCP or PPPOE but I don't get an IPv6 IP back at all from either of these, does anyone know what IP discovery mechanism is in place with new EE FTTP installs or if I need to request IPv6 is enabled for my line via support? I have options for DHCPv6 Delegation and hint prefix lengths, reading elsewhere EE only give out /64, but as stated I am only seeing link local IPv6 addresses on my interface, which I am assuming EE haven't given me

Thanks

Re: EE FTTP IPv6 - With Third Party Router

ErMejoo — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 11:38:56 GMT

Hi there,

Did you find a solution to this?

I was just activated with FTTP 1.6Gbps and vs. the various confirmations on this forum, my UDM SE gateway isn't picking up an IPv6 address nor with a DHCPv6 /56 nor /64. Worth mentioning the gateway confirms ISP is BT here, to some posts mentioning the latest activations would utilize a BT infrastructure and therefore benefit from IPv6 BT enabled back in 2016/2017.

Thanks in advance to anyone that might be able to shed some light!

Re: EE FTTP IPv6 - With Third Party Router

miggle — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:32:53 GMT

IPV6 is not a feature currently, as far as I'm aware.

Re: EE FTTP IPv6 - With Third Party Router

ErMejoo — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 22:14:06 GMT

Good news, the feature is available.

Some threads mention this is only for "new activations", I cannot comment further on this as I have just activated a 1.6Gbps FTTP.

For those with UDM SE/PRO who want to test, you activate IPv6 in Network > Default > IPv6 tab (might appear only in early access versions) > choose "Interface Type": Prefix Delegation and Advanced: "Auto". After a few seconds the gateway IP/Subnet appeared for me (/64) and my devices now score 10/10 on https://test-ipv6.com/ and 17/20 (due to filtered ICMP from my end) upon https://ipv6-test.com with Native IPv6. A speed test confirmed achieving the 1.6Gbps speed offered without a glimpse, nice 😊