IPv6 Home networking not getting ipv6 internet connection help please!

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Hello Toms.
I come seeking advice with a home networking problem: My Dlink 826L Router (newest firmware) is not passing along ipv6 connectivity to the internet, only a link local ipv6 address.
I'm using Rogers Cable ISP 150 / 10. The modem gives ipv6 addresses to all devices, including the Dlink, but it's not giving it's own devices ipv6 internet access.
I'm using a windows 7 x64 pc, but connecting with my android presented the same issue so I'd like to isolate the PC.
The PC does pull an ipv6 connection direct connected to the modem but it's not possible to make that a practical scenario.

I've tested the connection using http://ipv6-test.com/
I've accessed the router's homepage and configured according to their support site for an ipv6 autoconfiguration SLAC / DHCPv6 connection which is per my ISP's tech support's advice. According to the modem's page and the router status their is ipv6 connectivity going into the router just not coming out of it.

Here is a screen of the modem routing table showing the router addresses from the modem side.
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Here is another of the router's "ipv6 status" page
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Lastly the PC's adapter info
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ISP are kinda in consistent in how they assign ipv6 addresses. To really work they would have to use 1 block for the wan connection and give you a second block for the lan. This is the same as if you had ipv4 addresses. Just like ipv4 it would be very messy to attempt to use the same ip block on the wan and the lan.

I suspect you would use a similar solution in that you attempt to subnet the wan block but there are issues doing this. I doubt your router even has the ability to do that since consumer boxes are missing this the ability to run multiple subnets.

This is likely a question for your ISP. They should have something on their site.

Maybe a larger questions is why you want IPv6 in the first place. It is still is not...
ISP are kinda in consistent in how they assign ipv6 addresses. To really work they would have to use 1 block for the wan connection and give you a second block for the lan. This is the same as if you had ipv4 addresses. Just like ipv4 it would be very messy to attempt to use the same ip block on the wan and the lan.

I suspect you would use a similar solution in that you attempt to subnet the wan block but there are issues doing this. I doubt your router even has the ability to do that since consumer boxes are missing this the ability to run multiple subnets.

This is likely a question for your ISP. They should have something on their site.

Maybe a larger questions is why you want IPv6 in the first place. It is still is not widely used and there are only a extremely tiny number of sites that only use ipv6 and there are other solution to access those sites. IPV6 has its disadvantages like the addresses being longer takes more space in the data packets which means more of your bandwidth is lost to overhead. I tend to not want to use them because the address exposes a internal mac address which would not be a problem if you did not have to worry about all the sites that try track to you force advertisement on you.
 
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