https://colinmurphy.me/tags/ipv6/ Recent content in Ipv6 on Colin Murphy's site Hugo en-us Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://colinmurphy.me/posts/mikrotik-google-fiber-ipv6/ Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://colinmurphy.me/posts/mikrotik-google-fiber-ipv6/ <p> <figure class=""> <div class="img-container" style="--w: 1376; --h: 768;"> <img loading="lazy" alt="Pixel art illustration of a MikroTik router" src="https://colinmurphy.me/posts/mikrotik-google-fiber-ipv6/router.png" width="1376" height="768"> </div> </figure> </p> <p>Google Fiber uses DHCPv6 to receive IPv6 prefixes instead of using router advertisements. In order to get IPv6 to work properly on a MikroTik router, some manual configuration is required.</p> <h2 class="heading" id="configure-the-dhcpv6-client"> Configure the DHCPv6 client <a class="anchor" href="#configure-the-dhcpv6-client">#</a> </h2> <p>First, we must configure a DHCPv6 client on the router, which is done using the below command. This command adds a new DHCPv6 client that operates off our WAN interface (ether1), and requests an IPv6 for the router&rsquo;s WAN interface, as well as a prefix to use to assign addresses to devices on the network.</p>