TL-WA801ND_V2_140425 lost IPv6
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TL-WA801ND_V2_140425 lost IPv6
Region : Denmark
Model : TL-WA801ND
Hardware Version : V2
Firmware Version : TL-WA801ND_V2_140425
ISP :
I just ended a bit of digging, and thought I would share:
I have IPv6 on my network, and it used to work on wireless
After upgrading the firmware to TL-WA801ND_V2_140425, multicast no longer works.
As IPv6 depends on multicast, the clients do not get an IPv6 address, do not receive a gateway,
and even when you assign them static IPv6 addresses, they cannot find each other as that also
depends on multicast.
Downgrading to the older TL-WA801ND_V2_130121 does work with both multicast and IPv6, so something got broken, or was lost, in the newer firmware.
I have been back and forth in firmware versions a few times on two different 801NDs, it is reliably reproducible, on Windows, Mac, Linux, and FreeBSD clients.
/KKP
Before someone suggests turning off IPv6, there are machines that I need to talk to that do not HAVE IPv4 addresses.
Model : TL-WA801ND
Hardware Version : V2
Firmware Version : TL-WA801ND_V2_140425
ISP :
I just ended a bit of digging, and thought I would share:
I have IPv6 on my network, and it used to work on wireless
After upgrading the firmware to TL-WA801ND_V2_140425, multicast no longer works.
As IPv6 depends on multicast, the clients do not get an IPv6 address, do not receive a gateway,
and even when you assign them static IPv6 addresses, they cannot find each other as that also
depends on multicast.
Downgrading to the older TL-WA801ND_V2_130121 does work with both multicast and IPv6, so something got broken, or was lost, in the newer firmware.
I have been back and forth in firmware versions a few times on two different 801NDs, it is reliably reproducible, on Windows, Mac, Linux, and FreeBSD clients.
/KKP
Before someone suggests turning off IPv6, there are machines that I need to talk to that do not HAVE IPv4 addresses.
