I am using T-Mobile Home Internet with the Spitz X-3000, what is the optimal configuration for IPv6? Assuming I have a router behind the Spitz already configured in Passthrough mode for IPv6, should the Spitz be configured in NAT6 mode?
I am connected to the T-Mobile Home Internet in the US, I replaced the T-Mobile Gateway with the Spitz X-3000, I want to configure IPv6 in the Spitz in the same way as it is already configured in the T-Mobile Gateway (Nokia, Arcadyan, Sagemcom), which IPv6 MODE in the Spitz is the right one? NATIVE, PASSTHROUGH, NAT6?
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NAT6 mode is suitable for scenarios where a router is used as a management gateway to assign dynamic internal IPv6 addresses to each device on the network. In this mode, terminal devices connect through a light cat and obtain a local area network IPv6 address.
Native mode is applicable when the router directly obtains a public IPv6 address, and the router automatically assigns IPv6 addresses to online devices. This mode can meet the IPv6 access needs of most users.
Static IPv6 mode is suitable for devices or services that require a fixed IPv6 address, such as servers or network printers. This mode ensures that the device always uses the same IPv6 address, facilitating management and access.
Passthrough mode is applicable when IPv6 packets need to be directly passed through without any processing or conversion. For example, some specific network applications or services may require the complete preservation of the content of IPv6 packets for further processing or analysis, which is used by technical personnel for network debugging or security analysis.
So I would say that Native is the one to go. In that case, your device will get an IPv6 subnet and every device will get a address from this subnet.
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Guys,
Pretty much same question.
IPv6 = Native mode
GL-X3000 gets IPv6 /64 from TMO, but all clients get ULA fe80::
And IPv6 test from any client show NO IPv6...
So I would say that Native is the one to go. In that case, your device will get an IPv6 subnet and every device will get a address from this subnet.
I'm not seeing this...
And I do want router to assign clients IPv6 from the same /64 subnet the router has.
Am I missing something?
Hi! Been a while but I had the same problem, device got a /64 from T-Mobile and had internet but none of the clients were getting IPs, all ULA fe80. I noticed in logread -f that when a device connects, I was getting this error:
odhcpd[5653]: A default route is present but there is no public prefix on lan thus we don't announce a default route!
This is because it doesn't get a public IPv6 prefix from T-Mobile. You will need to use NAT6 mode if you want IPv6 connectivity, Native will not ever work. Passthrough might but I've had intermittent success.