Option to add IPv6 addresses to bridge interface

[sfx2000]

Are you sure you don't already have an IPv6 address? I've just looked at my old RT-AC68U and with IPv6 enabled but the WAN down it has a link local address (EUI-64).

Concur - and even when the WAN link is up, one likely should see both routable and link-local address assigned to the interfaces, and if I recall, even the bridge interface...

 

[meliodas]

Concur - and even when the WAN link is up, one likely should see both routable and link-local address assigned to the interfaces, and if I recall, even the bridge interface...

When WAN is up everything plays nicely. Not the issue tho.

As for using scripts and cron together to monitor and add addresses back on br0, a temporary workaround but not ideal.

The issue occurs when the WAN is down. If you have IPv4 LAN then things continue to work. But what if you are on an IPv6-only LAN ? The problem starts here..

So ideally, if the devs could add an option under the LAN section for IPv6 local addresses(ULA), that would be better as it guarantees those addresses are always present regardless if the WAN is up or down.

This also means you don't need to meddle with cron and /jffs/scripts for monitoring and adding back addresses to br0.

Not everyone understands or want's to use /jffs/{scripts,configs}/ and prefer to just set everything up using the GUI.

 

[Tvlz]

As for using scripts and cron together to monitor and add addresses back on br0, a temporary workaround but not ideal.

Why not add to "/jffs/configs/hosts.add", the link-local address auto assigned to br0 and access the GUI by name?

fe80::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx ipv6router

 

[meliodas]

Why not add to "/jffs/configs/hosts.add", the link-local address auto assigned to br0 and access the GUI by name?

fe80::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx ipv6router

Doable, but again, the last sentence of my post explains why this is not needed