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WalkthroughThe change adds conditional IPv6 support for ESP32 builds using ESP-IDF 5 or newer. It enables IPv6 during WiFi and Ethernet startup, exposes available IPv6 addresses in JSON, and displays an available address in the Wi-Fi settings page. ChangesIPv6 support
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes Change: Feature Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to IPv6 display is incomplete for unsupported or IPv6-only Ethernet configurations; the issues are localized and have straightforward fixes. Pre-merge checks |
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Maintainers: this is just a proposal to get started with IPv6, see discussions in #4448. |
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In `@wled00/data/settings_wifi.htm`:
- Around line 246-249: Move the sip6d id and display:none style from the inner
IPv6 address span to the outer section div so the entire IPv6 heading and panel
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| <span id="sip6d" style="display:none;">IPv6: <span class="sip6"></span> <br></span> | ||
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Hide the complete IPv6 section by default.
Lines 246-249 always render the IPv6 heading. Unsupported builds and devices without an IPv6 address show an empty panel. Put id="sip6d" and style="display:none;" on the outer section. Keep the inner .sip6 span for printSetClassElementHTML().
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<h3>IPv6</h3>
- <span id="sip6d" style="display:none;">IPv6: <span class="sip6"></span> <br></span>
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| <span id="sip6d" style="display:none;">IPv6: <span class="sip6"></span> <br></span> | |
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In `@wled00/data/settings_wifi.htm` around lines 246 - 249, Move the sip6d id and
display:none style from the inner IPv6 address span to the outer section div so
the entire IPv6 heading and panel are hidden by default. Preserve the inner sip6
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The code reads a bit as if only a single IPv6 address of LLA/GUA/ULA (each?) was expected/supported. Am I misreading this? Or is this somehow a limitation of the ESP-IDF? I've come across IPv6 networks (e.g. Freifunk) where multiple gateways were present (multihoming). There you'd potentially get multiple IPv6 GUAs, one from each gateway router. Potentially with some tuning of the RA's preference field to make a host prefer a specific gateway. Also with IPv6 privacy extensions (RFC4941) you'll get/generate multiple addresses (but likely the privacy extension is less useful for WLED devices). And many thanks for looking into this, @RedVyper! |
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@T-X you're right, the expectation from IPv6 is that a host can and will have multiple IP addresses and potentially (actually even probably) multiple ULAs and GUAs. This work is just the beginning and I will be happy to add support for multiple ULAs and GUAs, even if read-only for now. My goal was to break the initial inertia on the matter and start working. With time I will address all of your concerns (not a promise but certainly a hope). The privacy extensions, unfortunately, seem not to be included in LwIP (yet?). |
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The description says this excludes dual stack, but surely by enabling IPV6 you are then running dual stack? |
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The description says that there is no change in how the dual-stack code works, not that there is no dual-stack. What works in production now keeps working with this PR. This PR just enables the support for it by relying on the underlying LwIP features. Basically, it removes the lock on the IPv6 features of the network library that's already used and actually it's baked in into the binary, even if it's currently not available. My change just removes that lock and allows the dual-stack to reveal itself. This PR just enables SLAAC and Link-Local so there is no regression whatsoever for what already works now. It "just" allows the device to present itself at layer 3 with the addresses that are advertised on the network segment with SLAAC and, obviously, by using the Link-Local address. Support for mDNS is already baked in into LwIP and we get it for free already with this PR. As I anticipated in #4448, there will be a new PR with layer 7 support. Basically binding the web interface to |
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🟡 Minor · Select Ethernet by link state for IPv6 addresses. · Network.cpp:96-119
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winSelect Ethernet by link state for IPv6 addresses.
isEthernet()requires an IPv4 address. A link-up Ethernet interface with only IPv6 therefore falls back to Wi-Fi in both IPv6 getters. If Wi-Fi is disconnected, JSON and settings can omit the Ethernet address.The availability helpers already call the getters. Changing the getter condition also updates the JSON and settings checks; no separate availability-helper change is required.
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- if (isEthernet()) return ETH.linkLocalIPv6(); + if (ETH.linkUp()) return ETH.linkLocalIPv6(); - if (isEthernet()) return ETH.globalIPv6(); + if (ETH.linkUp()) return ETH.globalIPv6();🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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🟡 Minor · Select Ethernet by link state for IPv6 getters. · Network.cpp:110-119
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winSelect Ethernet by link state for IPv6 getters.
When
ETH.linkUp()is true butETH.localIP()[0] == 0, Arduino-ESP32 can still assign an Ethernet link-local IPv6 address afterETH.enableIPv6(). The getters reject this state becauseisEthernet()requires a nonzero IPv4 address, then fall back to WiFi. As a result, JSON and settings can omit the Ethernet IPv6 address or report a WiFi address instead.Use the Ethernet link state for these IPv6-specific getters without changing the existing IPv4 selection logic.
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246-247: The IPv6 heading remains visible without an address.Line 246 leaves the section visible, and Line 247 always renders its heading. Line 248 hides only the address. Apply the previous fix: hide the outer section when no IPv6 address is available.
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First, narrowly-scoped step toward #4448 (IPv6 support).
The ESP-IDF v5 build targets already compile LWIP with IPv6 support, it just needed someone to actually enable it with
WiFi.enableIPv6()/ETH.enableIPv6().Deliberately out of scope: no socket/mDNS/dual-stack changes, no static IPv6 config, no changes to the ESP-IDF v4 (Tasmota-fork,
esp32dev_V4/esp32_eth_V4envs) build targets. Those still blackhole router advertisements and are untouched here.Tested on ESP32-C3
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