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I have an IPv6 capable router/AP setup at home and when I connect to my main router via Ethernet my Windows 10 laptop gets an IPv6 address as expected (http://test-ipv6.com/ is all green, 10/10).

  • When I connect to my AP via wifi my Windows 10 laptop doesn't receive an IPv6 address at all
  • However if I connect to the same AP via wifi with my MacBook Air IPv6 works just fine

The only root cause I can think of is this:

  • When I'm connecting to my main router I use an ASUS USB-Ethernet dongle (IPv6 is fine)
  • When connecting via wifi my built-in Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 adapter is used

I have checked and IPv6 is enabled on the adapter, it's configured to obtain an IPv6 address automatically. The adapter's drivers are up-to-date.

Any idea what can be the cause of this? Thanks for all the inputs.

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  • This site is for problems in business environments. What you do at home is off topic. Voting to migrate the question to Super User.
    – Gerald Schneider
    Commented Mar 16, 2022 at 7:26
  • @GeraldSchneider Well, it's my business laptop, it's just I've noticed this issue at home (haven't been to the "real" office for quite a while now). I've flagged my own question to move it elsewhere tho', fair point.
    – Kohányi Róbert
    Commented Mar 16, 2022 at 9:32

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Well, I've found out that disabling/enabling my wifi adapter in Windows network at Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Network Connections fixes this.

More info here - note: this might only be a temporary fix, but it works at least.

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