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Deftone
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October 19, 2016
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DHCP6 lease

  • October 19, 2016
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Hi,

 

I have some probelms in my dhcp6 configuration in my fortigate

Everything seems to be configured properly only the clients are not getting any ipv6 addresses

Any idea where it goes wrong...

 

 

 

    1 reply

    emnoc
    New Member
    October 19, 2016

    I would start at  ;

     

    diag debug reset

    diag debug en

    diag debug application dhcp6s  -1

     

    1> review any errors 2> make sure the server is enable 3> ensure you can ping the link-local address of the dhcp6client   4> double check the client is "actually" working

     

    follow the below link on my blog;

     

     

    http://socpuppet.blogspot.com/2013/01/dhcpv6-on-fortigates.html

     

    and

     

    http://socpuppet.blogspot.com/2014/01/dhcpv6-fortios.html

     

    FWIW: FortiOS has made improvement with  both dhcp6server and client on the  fgt so it would be interesting to see what you find. You might have to find out what the dhcp6client is requesting to further issue.

     

    On a side tip, if you get into a "finger pointing" and blame the firewall I found a cool trick if you have free ports to spare,

     

    1: cable a  FGT port to another  port on the same  fortigate in a unused vdom.

     

    2: enable  that port in the unused vdom as a dhcp6 client  interface

     

    3:  diagnosse the 2 ( server-client)

     

    Doing that , rules out the host machine and let's you validate that your dhcp6server instance does works.

     

     

    e.g MY home FGT100D

     

     

    Port1

    (dhcp6server)

      vdom root

     

    Port2

    (dhcp6client)

      vdom  mytestlab

     

    Cross-over cable port1---->port2

     

    Enjoy