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Monday, February 23rd, 2026 12:50 AM

IPv6 broken since at least Jan 21 (IPv4 OK) - packet capture shows ND failure, request Tier-2/CMTS escalation

I need Tier-2/CMTS engineering review for a persistent IPv6 outage.

Summary:
- IPv4 works normally.
- IPv6 has been broken since at least Jan 21, 2026 (previous router reboot).
- This is reproducible on both router and LAN clients.

Technical evidence (already captured):
1) Router receives IPv6 control-plane:
- DHCPv6 SOLICIT/ADVERTISE/REQUEST/REPLY seen on WAN
- IA_NA + IA_PD delivered

2) Router receives Router Advertisements from upstream gateway.

3) Data-plane/ND failure:
- Repeated Neighbor Solicitations for the advertised upstream gateway
- No Neighbor Advertisement observed for that gateway in packet captures
- ping6 to upstream gateway = 100% loss
- ping6 to external IPv6 targets = 100% loss

4) Reboots and resets already attempted:
- Modem power-cycle
- wan6 ifdown/ifup
- Full router reboot
- No recovery

Request:
Please escalate to Tier-2/CMTS engineering and review IPv6 ND/forwarding behavior for my session. I can provide full report + pcap files privately.

Please DM with:
1) case/ticket number
2) escalation queue/team name
3) ETA for engineering update

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Visitor

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17 hours ago

IPv6 has been totally unusable on my connection for over a month. Where is my DM? Where is my ticket?

Official Employee

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16 hours ago

Hey @user_is0zz6, Thank you for visiting our official Xfinity Forums Community support page. We greatly appreciate you taking the time to reach out and share your experience. Are you currently using your own purchased modem or using an Xfinity xFi Gateway rental? If using an Xfinity xFi Gateway, is the device in Bridge Mode? Could you also let us know what troubleshooting steps that you have already taken? We hope to hear from you soon. 

Visitor

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Thanks for the response. I am using my own purchased modem (Motorola MB8600), not an Xfinity xFi Gateway rental, so Bridge Mode does not apply.

 Troubleshooting already completed:

 1. Power-cycled modem.
 2. Restarted WAN IPv6 on router (ifdown wan6 / ifup wan6).
 3. Rebooted router.
 4. Verified issue on router and clients (not a single-device issue).
 5. Verified DNS AAAA resolution works.
 6. Verified IPv6 still fails end-to-end (gateway and internet IPv6 ping both 100% loss).
 7. Captured WAN packets during WAN6 restart.

 Key technical findings from packet capture:

 - Router receives Router Advertisements and DHCPv6 ADVERTISE/REPLY.
 - Router gets valid WAN /128 and delegated /64.
 - Router repeatedly sends Neighbor Solicitations for upstream gateway fe80::21c:73ff:fe00:99.
 - No Neighbor Advertisement for that gateway is seen in the same capture window.
 - Result: IPv6 data path fails even though control-plane traffic is present.


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@user_is0zz6, Thank you for sharing the troubleshooting steps you’ve already taken and for providing those additional details. If you could send our team a direct message with your full name, the name listed on the account (if different), and the service address associated with your account, we'd be more than happy to look into this for you.

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