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new bt fttp connection - ipv6

chm2009 — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 11:44:07 GMT

I had fttp installed today and the router - currently using the smarthub 2 - isnt showing as being connected to ipv6 - do I need to set anything up different for this or is it supposed to be disabled?

Also, in advanced broadband settings, it gives my upload and download rates as 1000Mbps, which is the WAN port rate, is there any way to show the broadband connection rates as it used to do for gfast?

Thanks.

Re: new bt fttp connection - ipv6

pippincp — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 11:53:21 GMT

The hub is showing you the connection rate between the ONT and hub, it does not have access to the connection rates to the ONT.

Re: new bt fttp connection - ipv6

licquorice — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 11:55:45 GMT

IPv6 isn't configurable on the hub, if it is showing as not enabled it is because it is not enabled at the BRAS for some reason.

It is not possible to see the connection speed directly as that is held by the ONT which isn't accessible

Re: new bt fttp connection - ipv6

chm2009 — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 11:55:59 GMT

Yeah thats what I thought, so the only way of seeing that is the bt broadband speedtest or some other site that tests your speeds?

Also any thoughts on the ipv6 question?

Many thanks.

Re: new bt fttp connection - ipv6

chm2009 — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 11:57:39 GMT

Ok what is the BRAS? It was enabled on the other smarthub 2 which ive replaced which i used for my gfast connection.
Is there any detriment to having ipv6 disabled for the average user?

Re: new bt fttp connection - ipv6

licquorice — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 12:07:50 GMT

Broadband Remote Access Server, the other end of your connection. No idea why you are not getting IPv6 connectivity though as it should be universally enabled, possibly just a temporary fault. There is no detriment to not having IPv6, there are extremely few IPv6 only sites.

Re: new bt fttp connection - ipv6

chm2009 — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 12:19:18 GMT

Ok thanks, my upload speed hasn't increased much yet either although its only been connected for a couple of hours but from what i've read on here its been a common thing and power cycling usually works which I will try as I haven't power cycled the router since it all came on, so that may bring the ipv6 back aswell.
Thanks.

Re: new bt fttp connection - ipv6

pippincp — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 12:52:25 GMT

Power cycling doesn't work. Just leave alone for 72hrs, the hub should recieve a lift to the upload cap then. If it doesn't then post back.

Re: new bt fttp connection - ipv6

chm2009 — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 13:05:45 GMT

Ok thanks for that ill leave it alone for now, could this auto update bring the ipv6 back also?

Re: new bt fttp connection - ipv6

pippincp — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 13:40:41 GMT

@chm2009wrote:
Ok thanks for that ill leave it alone for now, could this auto update bring the ipv6 back also?

Possibly, unless there is a temp fault at the BRAS.

Re: new bt fttp connection - ipv6

chm2009 — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:31:43 GMT

Ok so now 6 days since installation, speeds are great and stable, excellent in fact, only issue is ipv6 is still showing disabled, again was fine before with gfast, ive power cycled the router but nothing else, is there anything else that would make sense as to why ipv6 still isnt coming through?

Re: new bt fttp connection - ipv6

licquorice — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:38:40 GMT

As said previously, the only thing I can think of is a fault at the BRAS. To be honest, it's not something to worry about, IPv6 isn't universally available by all ISPs.

Re: new bt fttp connection - ipv6

chm2009 — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:42:51 GMT

Yeah im not too worried just something that could become more needed as time goes on, would have expected a temporary fault to be sorted by now but perhaps not. I'll keep my eye on it, thanks.

Re: new bt fttp connection - ipv6

licquorice — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:54:49 GMT

Must admit it does seem a bit odd. Might be worth asking if any of your neighbours on FTTP are getting IPv6

Re: new bt fttp connection - ipv6

chm2009 — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 12:05:53 GMT

Yeah dont really talk to any neighbours dont think many of them would know what fttp is let alone ipv6 🙂
Could power cycling the ont make any difference? dont want to do it if it might mess with anything else for no gain, again its not a major concern everything works great just a minor annoyance that it should be enabled and isnt.

Re: new bt fttp connection - ipv6

licquorice — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 12:08:46 GMT

The ONT is just a modem and is transparent to the IP layer, so can't see how power cycling would help.

Re: new bt fttp connection - ipv6

chm2009 — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 12:11:24 GMT

Yeah thought that, that's why I hadn't bothered to do it sooner but just keep expecting it to pop back on, if it is something at their end who would be the best contact?

Re: new bt fttp connection - ipv6

licquorice — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 12:18:21 GMT

There isn't really any contact.

I'll flag it to the mods and see if they can find out anything. They will probably post on here for further information from you.

Re: new bt fttp connection - ipv6

chm2009 — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 12:23:08 GMT

Ok many thanks.

Re: new bt fttp connection - ipv6

RobbieMac — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 13:33:04 GMT

Hi @chm2009

Thanks for your post and welcome back!

I hope you're enjoying your Full Fibre service. The Hub should prioritise IPv6. Run this test and let me know how you get on >> https://test-ipv6.com/

Cheers,

Robbie