Should you have the same settings on your IPv6 as your Modem and Router?

[Snowburden]

What I mean by that is I had my modem have IPv6 on, and it'son Dynamic. I looked into my router which is a Asus RT-AC3100, and IPv6 was off. So I turned it on, but not really knowing which one to hit, because it has Native, Static IPv6, Passthrough, FLET's IPv6 service, Tunnel 6to4, 6in4, and 6rd. (What one should I have anyway??) So I picked Native. I did put the settings of LAN IPv6 Address, LAN Prefix Length, and LAN IPv6 Prefix, to the same as my modem. But when all the settings applied, and my IP address changed and whatnot, it changed the settings to its own on the Router, so it's different than the modem.

And that's why I'm here asking. Should I have the same settings on my modem as my Router? And Why does my modem have Dynamic IPv6, while my router does not? What settings should I put my modem and router in, for good settings on a IPv6?

Thanks!

 

[bill001g]

If your ISP does not say they support IPv6 and give your router ip blocks it likely is best disabled everywhere. It can cause strange errors at times and if you can't use it you might as well disable it to avoid issues.

Even if your ISP has IPv6 it is not widely supported and generally has no advantage to use. Technically it will make your connection a tiny bit slower because the overhead inside the packets it larger due to the longer addresses.

I would tend to not use it even if it was available because it allows the tracking software from google and other to be even more intrusive.

 

[Snowburden]

Yeah, I already ran into an error anyway. My Outlook on Microsoft Office wouldn't connect to the server. And right as my router was disabling the IPv6, it connected. Real shame, especially how they were saying it's the future even though it seems to have issues already.