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Hello, This has been asked in quite a few places already but there is no clear answer as far as I can tell. Long story short, if you ISP provides you with both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, then by connecting to AirVPN VPN only the IPv4 traffic is being routed through the tunnel. If a website (or any other remote endpoint) runs on IPv6, then your real IPv6 (the one provided to you by your ISP) will be used and so you end up with an IP leak. Not good. The easiest choice is to disable IPv6 per host basis or use some iptables or other firewall magic to filter out all the IPv6 traffic. This is only a workaround and a very inconvenient one especially when you run AirVPN on a router. The best solution would be for AirVPN to provide a dual stack IPv4/IPv6 tunnel so connected clients can reach the modern IPv6 world privately and securely in a similar fashion to IPv4. Are there any plans to support this option? As far as I can see there are only a handful of VPN providers out there which actually provide dual stack VPNs so it would be nice for AirVPN join this effort.

heyhey, i'm having trouble setting up a ipv6 vpn connection with the (manjaro/arch) linux "network-manager". when i want to set up a ipv4 connection, i go to the "client area" on airvpn.org, start the "config generator", check "advanced" an then set: OS: LinuxOpenVPN version >= 2.4Need IPv6?: "IPv4 only"Protocol: UDP | Port: 443 | Entry IP: 1In the advanced section i check "Separate keys/certs from .ovpn file" and "Resolved hosts in .ovpn file"Server: xxxi then generate the config and download all the files into a new/empty folder. afterwards i start the network-manager connection editors gui ($ nm-connection-editor), click the "+" button, select "import a saved vpn configuration", click "create", navigate to the folder with the config and key files, select the "xxx.ovpn" file and then just click "save", since the nm-connection-editor automatically sets up the right key files etc. in this case everything works as expected. HOWEVER if i try to do the same with a IPv6 config file ("Need IPv6?" set to "IPv4 & IPv6 (connect with IPv6)" - all other settings the same) i get an error when trying to "import a saved vpn configuration" with the nm-connection-editor. when i open the "xxx.ovpn" file with a text editor and change the line "proto udp6" (this is the line before "tls-auth 'ta.key' 1") to "proto udp", i can import without the error message however the connection is not working afterwards. do you have any ideas what i could do different? should i set up the connection manually? thanks in advance!

Since yesterday I cannot connect to the AirVPN servers using the Eddie client anymore. It used to work just fine, but now when I try to connect to a recommended server, it will flush the DNS, check IPv4 routes and finally check IPv6 routes and then the connection is cancelled. I get a pop-up message (notification) saying "Checking route IPv6 failed" and then I am disconnected. Eddie automatically tries to reconnect to the next server then, but that also failed. I have waited for about 5 retries, and also tried manually selecting servers from different countries. Still I cannot connect. I just updated my Eddie client to version 2.16.3. My OS is Linux Mint 18. I am now connected using openvpn from the command line: sudo openvpn AirVPN_UDP-443.ovpn still works. Any idea how I can get the Eddie client to connect again? Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance! Also, please let me know if I can provide more information that you might need to help.

When I connect to any other IPv6-enabled AirVPN server using the Eddie client, I can go to ipleak.net and it will show me the server's IPv6 address and I am able to browse IPv6 only sites. However, two of the Fremont, CA, USA servers, Heze and Persei, both say that they are IPv6 supported on the airvpn.org status page and in the client when you connect to them you can see the IPv6 address, but when I go to ipleak.net on any one of these two servers, the IPv6 test fails, and I am not able to browse IPv6 only websites. I think maybe there is an issue with the configuration on the servers or something like that.

Hi, I've purchased a Windows 10 PC and I'm not overly familiar with the OS, other than the basics. I've installed Eddie and and signed in ok, but when I try to connect to any server Eddie gets to "Checking Route IPv6" and then fails to connect Then Eddie disconnects and tries to reconnect only to fail again. I'm at a loss of what to do. Any suggestions are welcomed. Thank you.

greetings, I'm currently testing out AirVPN before buying a longer subscription. However I currently have some trouble with WebRTC leaks of my IPv6 address. My setup is the following: Arch Linux 64 BitEddie 2.15.2Network Lock enabledChrome/FirefoxUBlock origin option to prevent WebRTC leaks enabled.ISP Unitymedia DSLite (IPv6) When I connect to a suggested server (with network lock enabled) and check IPLeak.net, it looks like this: The address seen under WebRTC IPv6 is the same when not connected, so something is definitely leaking. I tried with both Firefox and Chrome. Is there a way to solve this issue? Can WebRTC leaks be an issue when using torrents? Regards

Hello I've been searching the boards for a solution, but am not really sure how to describe the issue so as to search. Essentially the issue is that when I attempt to connect to an Air US based server, the connection proceeds until the IPv6 stage then the connection is terminated. However, I can connect to the Switzerland based servers without any trouble. I am using Ubuntu 16.04, Eddie 2.14.5. All up to date. I'm sure there is a solution, but not sure how to find it. Thank you for reading and any response. Regards T

I am using the Eddie for Android latest version, and with the IPv6 setting set to "request", and when I connect to one of the IPv6 enabled servers such as Capricornus, I do not have IPv6 connectivity, only IPv4. ipleak.net only shows the VPN IPv4 address, and I am unable to view IPv6 only sites such as ipv6.google.com. how can I fix this and be able to use the VPN'S IPv6 address?

Good morning! Sorry if I posted this in the wrong area, but I've been looking for a guide to help setup IPV6 on PfSense over AirVPN's updated servers. No, I don't want IPV6 from my ISP (I already have that and have been testing that); instead, I would like someone who is knowledgeable about the subject to help me (and other people) out with setting it up. If I figure something out in the meantime, I will post w/ my results. Thanks in advance! ------- Mods: please move the topic if I put it in the wrong area. I is sorry in advance.

Can you make a page that informs us of when servers become Ipv6?

After installing the recent version from the APT repository (2.13.6), I got a message upon connecting to a server that I didn't manage to reproduce afterwards, something like: "IPv6 cannot be safely disabled on Linux in order to make the network lock effective. This can make your IPv6 address leak if your provider supports IPv6. This setting can be changed in Preferences / Advanced / IPv6." This sounds worrying to me, but I don't understand the message. The quoted setting is set to "disable". Does this safely disable my IPv6 or not? I know how to disable IPv6 on the kernel level, but I'm not sure whether that is necessary or not. Sorry that the above message is not an exact quote, it's just what I remember from it. It didn't appear again, which is even more worrying to me... Edit: Here is the exact message that I copied from Github: This message is confusing because first it says that "our software can't disable (...) safely IPv6 on Linux", then it talks about IPv6 detection, and the actual settings entry is about disabling the use of IPv6 altogether... So I assume that this just means that "we can't forward IPv6 on Linux, so we will disable it completely"? Sounds ok to me that way. Please confirm that this message just means that everything is working as expected. xD

Hi, I understood you are working hard on getting IPv6 up and running. Any update for us ?

Hello, now i get my new connection and with it i get ipv6 only. There is a ds-lite tunnel for ipv4 things but it won't work with the AirVPN client. I always get the following: The machine runs with Xubuntu 16.10 64bit. You will find my logfile in the Attachment. I can't use AirVPN now. :-( What can i do? Cheers AirVPN_20161202_090120.txt

Hi, This is going to sound weird but... while I'm tunneled, how do I re-enable IPv6 on my android? After fighting with this for a long time, I've discovered that in order for WiFi calling to work on T-Mobile, IPv6 has to be enabled on the phone. IPv6 doesn't have to be available, so I can disable it on my router to prevent IP leaks, but I do need this enabled on the phone itself. When I connect I see this line: did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0 which is disabling IPv6 How do I override and set it back to 1? I'm on a rooted Nexus 6P so getting access won't be an issue although I'd prefer to set it directly in the OpenVPN config. Thanks!

Hello everyone! This is my first post, so keep that in mind. Also, while I have better-than-average I.T. skills, I'm hardly an expert. I have recently encountered several problems, all of which I did not notice until after I installed the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. Note that that does not necessarily mean they weren't present before the update; I just didn't notice them until afterwards. I also have some other questions. 1. If I open Eddie and activate network lock, remain unconnected to a server, attempt to load a webpage, and it doesn't work -- does that definitively mean that Network Lock is working and secure? (Assuming, of course, that it does work with network lock deactivated.) 2. I keep getting the message, "Recovery. Unexpected Crash?" (the question mark is part of the message). 3. I keep getting this message too: "The requested protocol has not been configured into the system, or no implementation for it exists." 4. If I run ipleak.net while connected to an AirVPN server, and: my IPv4 is the AirVPN server, no forwarded IP is detected, IPv6 test is not reachable, RTCPeerConnection is not available, and the DNS addresses are all AirVPN servers -- then am I definitively secured? 5. It appears IPv6 doesn't work (I get the "IPv6 test not reachable" message on ipleak.net) at all times, even if I'm not running Eddie. This was not the case when I first installed and set up Eddie. Toggling Eddie's "Disable IPv6 at OS level if requested" option doesn't seem to make a difference. 6. In Eddie's preferences, under Advanced, for the IPv6 dropdown menu, what's the difference between "None" and "Disable"? 7. What does "Force TAP interface UP" mean? I probably won't have time to check this thread again until Sunday. Thanks a bunch!

This may be a newb question, but I need to satisfy my curiosity. Whenever I fire up a VPN connection, I like to check with www.ipleak.net to make sure everything is on the up & up after connecting. I've noticed that on the results page, it shows "IPv6 test not reachable", which I assume means that the Eddie client is doing it's job and disabling IPv6 when connecting. I then see that under "DNS Addresses" it's show 2 servers, One using an IPv4 IP address and the other using an IPv6 address, but of course these two addresses are connected to the VPN IP address I've been assigned. This tells me that there is no DNS leaking going on. I've only witnessed this situation when using AirVPN's servers and the Eddie client (as opposed to, for example, using another VPN service and their connection client). I attached a screencap to show what I am talking about: So, after my long-winded explanation of the issue, here's my question. Because it is showing two DNS servers, and one being a IPv6 server, is this a potential leak for IPv6 traffic since the test is able to connect to this particular server? Is it also possible for it to be a DNS leak, even though it is obviously associated with VPN server that gave me this particular IP address? I'm wondering about this simply because when I use other VPN providers and check ipleak.net, it only shows the one DNS server (IPv4) with the same IP address as the one issued to me by the VPN server. This would lead me to believe that my VPN connection is correctly blocking leaks and using DNS servers provided by the VPN service. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated, and of course, please don't hesitate to ask if I need to clarify any information.

​​Hi guys, what I like is the speed, an interface on Windows although I use Linux much more. Ok, what I would like to see is in AIRVPN News or RSS-subscription or email warning, the latest security risks. I use AIRVPN for a while now butjust this week it turns out that there is a IPv6 leak!! Although not visible when testing it on ipleak.net. That means that I was very visible on a lot of networks and not anonymous at all!! I try to be very carefull, not for criminal reasons, more as a principle, a way of living so to say. So, that was a major dissapointment in AirVPN. Because I´m not a technician but amateur user. As soon as I found out I did a little research and it turns out that you can disable IPv6. What I did was follw the instructions [cut, no ads, Staff] That worked as a charm and the site that was able to track me, now shows the AIRVPN route as it should. So people, be advised.....disable IPv6 as long as there is no other solution offered. As ​stated before, I´m just a simple user and chose AIVPN to be protected by professionals. Although I´m very satisfied overall, I´m worried about the next hole or leak that I´m not aware off. So, people of AIRVPN, please keep us pro-actively informed about security and privacy issues if you please. Sincere, Peer ​ ​

Can anyone comment on this report done on vpn leak tests and tell me if these issues have now been fixed on Eddie Mac OS X client please. Or in fact if it ever was a genuine problem. also any IVPN users who have anything to say about that vpn service seeing as they sponsored it. Sorry im not sure on the date it was done so this topic might already be on this forum somewhere but a search here didn't bring any result. heres the link to the report https://vpntesting.info

Hi, I've tried a few different instructions for disabling IPv6 in older versions of Fedora or Linux generally, and I have had no success. Is anyone else having problems with IPv6 leaks in Fedora, even after attempting to disable IPv6? Does anyone have any suggestions for solving this issue? Thank you

Linux Mint 18.2 Mate Kernel 4.11.0-14 Eddie 2.13.4 After the update to 2.13.4 Eddie told me to disable ipv6. So I did. GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="ipv6.disable=1" now I can't activate network lock anymore.

Hello I'm new to AirVPN and VPN's in general so my apologies in advance for the myriad of dumb questions I will probably ask. I did try searching for my particular issue, but couldn't find anything I am running Eddie 2.12.4 on openSUSE 13.2, I activate Network Lock on startup. In preferences I disabled Allow lan/private and ping. IPv6 is set to disable in the Advanced Settings section. Everything starts out working great. I go to ipleak.net everything looks good (no ipv6) I go to test-ipv6.com everything ipv6 fails, then about 10-15 mins in if I go back to either of those sites it can now see my ipv6. What's going on here?

Hi, I just upgraded Eddie to the newest stable versions on Windows (yes, I occasionaly do games), MacOS and Linux. No complaints with Windows and Mac, however on Linux IPLeak now shows what I believe to be an ipv6-address, pinpointing the country I currently am in. What am I missing? Do I have to manually disable ipv6? That would be a pain, as would network lock.

Hi. My ISP assigns me an IPv4 and v6 address. v4 seems to be tunneled fine, but IPv6 still yields my own IP. I.e. when I visit https://ipleak.net/ I see the VPN address for ipv4, but still my own ipv6 address. I'm using the official client on Windows 7, where I tried both settings in "advanced": None and Disabled. Both yield the same result. Any input?

Standard laptop set up. Windows 7 x64. One WiFi card w/ IPv6 disabled. TAP driver installs by default with IPv6 enabled. AirVPN functions perfectly it seems, within logs I see mention of IPv6 filtering being enabled and disabled without error, and multiple "leak test" sites suggest nothing to be concerned about. What's the advice on the IPv6 setting for the TAP driver: leave it enabled by default or disable it manually?

Some three years ago I had a server with a native IPv6 connection. In those days I came to the conclusion that IPv4 is still the way to go with a VPN. Due to the fact that v6 is still on the rise (about 15% at the moment https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html) I was curious how the status of AirVPN nowaday is, with regard to IPv6. Are you any closer to a tunneld native/pure IPv6 experience?