full image - Repost: TP Link's Best Wireless Mesh Router Can't Do IPv6 Properly??? (from Reddit.com, TP Link's Best Wireless Mesh Router Can't Do IPv6 Properly???)
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TLDR: TP Link has IPv6 routing issues and prevents mobile apps from properly working that only use IPv4 Internet connections. TP Link's first response is to just keep IPv6 off as their remedy which is just a band aid and not a solution to a very expensive resi-router. Okay, I finally got tired of my 9 Xfinity Pods and purchased the three pack of Deco BE95's to take over my network for both wired and wireless Internet connectivity for around $1900. Setup was fairly painless and it seems to be covering my large home and all my outdoor cameras in my yard -- which was fantastic. I have a Xfinity XFi Gateway which I shut off the Wireless SSID broadcast and bridged it so the Deco BE95 would be the focal connection for security etc. It seemed to look great. Wireless speeds are perfect, no dead spots in my home that I can tell -- GREAT!!!Then... the little nuances have reared their ugly head. It seems that -all- mobile devices are having issues accessing random apps while on the Wireless connectivity. Turning off wireless on the mobile devices and using their mobile data allows the applications to load and operate. Random apps such as: Microsoft Intune (Company Portal), Microsoft Teams, iRobot, Door Dash, and a few others. Kindle Fire App store also has issues displaying icons for apps when browsing over Wifi. So. I reached out to TP Link support, changed DNS to Google DNS and other various things. Then, I was asked to disable IPv6 and it worked. So, what gives TP Link? Obviously this is some kind of routing decision bug and TP Link is preferring IPv6 and not attempting IPv4 if V6 fails (as normal routers do with a weighted routing table). TP Link support escalated internally and provided this ticket: "TKID240314350" -- shortly after that, I get an e-mail stating "Oh just keep IPv6 off, a majority of the Internet still uses IPv4." Come on TP Link, I didn't spend 1900 dollars on a router that can't do something my cheap-o Netgear can with ease. Please help out, test this in your Lab and come up with a fix. The issue appears to be how mobiles request Internet access out. Mobile apps that do not have an IPv6 presence seems to be the ones that do not work. It impacts both Apple, Android, and Amazon Fire OS Devices.
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