2014-12-11
IPv6 breaking without default router
Interesting type of IPv6 breakage currently at the Surf office:Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : eduroamers.nl IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:610:188:431:9d25:9938:408e:6714 Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : 2001:610:188:431:2c5e:681:fda1:702 Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::9d25:9938:408e:6714%11 IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 145.96.1.57 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.252.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 145.96.0.1What's missing here? A default gateway for IPv6. Which breaks any external IPv6 connectivity. And I like having external IPv6 connectivity, for example for logging into systems at home. The solution is simple:C:\>ipconfig /renew6 Windows IP Configuration Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : eduroamers.nl IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:610:188:431:9d25:9938:408e:6714 Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : 2001:610:188:431:2c5e:681:fda1:702 Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::9d25:9938:408e:6714%11 IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 145.96.1.57 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.252.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : fe80::222:dff:fe84:8800%11 145.96.0.1I wonder how this happens. Update 2014-12-15: And I got in touch with someone at SURFnet who suggested the best cause of action: see if this problem persists after the upcoming move of the SURFnet offices. Update 2015-06-03: And now the IPv6 over the wireless network at the Surfnet offices is fixed.