PiHole IPv6

[funnyname]

Hi all. I've been configuring a PiHole for the past few days and I've got it up and running. However, I was a little concerned about IPv6. I'm not very knowledgeable about IPv6, so I apologize in advance if I'm noobish, but is it possible to setup a static IPv6 address, at least locally? For IPv4 everything is working fine and I've a static IPv4.

 

One more thing, if this matters, I'm currently using an AirPort Extreme 6th generation as my router and Comcast as my ISP. 

 

Thanks in advance!

[Falcon1986]

15 minutes ago, funnyname said:

Hi all. I've been configuring a PiHole for the past few days and I've got it up and running. However, I was a little concerned about IPv6. I'm not very knowledgeable about IPv6, so I apologize in advance if I'm noobish, but is it possible to setup a static IPv6 address, at least locally? For IPv4 everything is working fine and I've a static IPv4.

What is the purpose of doing this for a home network? Do you have client devices that use IPv6?

 

While I’m no expert on IPv6, setting this up internally is not required unless your internet gateway and other network devices also require it. Yes, PiHole provides the feature to support it, but you don’t have to use it.

[Donut417]

1 hour ago, Falcon1986 said:

What is the purpose of doing this for a home network? Do you have client devices that use IPv6?

 

While I’m no expert on IPv6, setting this up internally is not required unless your internet gateway and other network devices also require it. Yes, PiHole provides the feature to support it, but you don’t have to use it.

His ISP does IPv6. I know because I Have the same ISP. Comcast dual stacks IPv4 and v6 addresses. I know they said that a large amount of traffic on the Comcast network is actually IPv6 traffic. So they are using it. 

[OrdinaryPhil]

What are you using you PiHole to accomplish?

If you're using it as an addblocker or Blacklist, than you will not gain anything by using IPv6. Unless you are using it for some very specific routing on your local intranet, I can't think of any reason to use it. Just stick with IPv4 locally.

[funnyname]

Yes, I intend to use PiHole to block ads and malicious sites. Because I've had IPv6 for a while now, I thought it wouldn't make sense to move back to a solely IPv4 config. Would it be better to disable IPv6 on my router altogether if I want to continue using a PiHole? 

 

Thanks again for the replies.