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PANOS 8.0.4 warning ipv6 not enabled on tunnel interface

dan731028 — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 19:09:02 GMT

Hello All,

I just upgraded to 8.0.4 and now when I commit the tunnel interface associated with my external GP gateway gives a warning that "ipv6 is not enabled on the tunnel interface tunnel.1. IPv6 address will be ignored!"

Did something change in the gateway configuration. I've gone over and over a few times and am not finding a reference to IPv6 anywhere. It's set to use IPv4 Only. If I remove the tunnel interface from the gateway config or I enable IPv6 on the tunnel interface, the warning goes away. Is there a setting I need to change or could this be an issue with 8.0.4?

Re: PANOS 8.0.4 warning ipv6 not enabled on tunnel interface

nextgenhappines — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 19:24:09 GMT

PAN OS 8.0 added IPv6 support for Global Protect.

https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/newfeaturesguide/globalprotect-features/ipv6-for-globalprotect#_57243

If you don't need IPv6 for Global Protect, just ignore the warning message. It is perfectly safe.

Re: PANOS 8.0.4 warning ipv6 not enabled on tunnel interface

dan731028 — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 19:49:06 GMT

Thanks for the reply. Would there be a reason not to enable IPv6 on the tunnel interface? If GP isn't using IPv6 for client IPs, I don't see how it could affect anything.

Re: PANOS 8.0.4 warning ipv6 not enabled on tunnel interface

Mick_Ball — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 19:57:15 GMT

To confirm... I enabled v6 on all tunnels just to remove the warning. It made no difference to GP operation.

Re: PANOS 8.0.4 warning ipv6 not enabled on tunnel interface

dan731028 — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 21:08:42 GMT

Thanks for the confirmation!

Re: PANOS 8.0.4 warning ipv6 not enabled on tunnel interface

fb-pan — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 14:30:11 GMT

JFYI:

I did open a tech support case for this in december.

I got the infomation, this is a kown cosmetic bug.

There will be no fix in 8.0.x

There should be a solution in 8.1.

I can't confirm this with 8.1.0, but will wait for 8.1.1.

Re: PANOS 8.0.4 warning ipv6 not enabled on tunnel interface

fwmike — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 19:20:33 GMT

Not fixed in 9.0.x.

Re: PANOS 8.0.4 warning ipv6 not enabled on tunnel interface

MP18 — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 20:59:03 GMT

I tested on the PA 8.1.9 GP external Gateway I do not get any warning message.

Re: PANOS 8.0.4 warning ipv6 not enabled on tunnel interface

fwmike — Tue, 31 Dec 2019 16:32:44 GMT

Thanks @MP18 . To clarify my post, I still get the warnings on 8.1.9-h4 and 9.0.5 when the enable IPv6 on the interface is unchecked in the tunnel interface config. From what @fb-pan posted, this was going to be addressed in future code releases. I do not want to use the workaround.

Re: PANOS 8.0.4 warning ipv6 not enabled on tunnel interface

MP18 — Tue, 31 Dec 2019 18:20:23 GMT

Thanks for replying back.

Try 8.1.9 if you can as it works fine for me without enabling Tunnel Interface for IPv6.

Re: PANOS 8.0.4 warning ipv6 not enabled on tunnel interface

fwmike — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 18:55:21 GMT

@MP18

I'm still seeing the commit warnings with 8.1.9.

Warning: tunnel tunnel.666 ipv6 is not enabled. IPv6 address will be ignored!
(Module: rasmgr)

Re: PANOS 8.0.4 warning ipv6 not enabled on tunnel interface

MP18 — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 20:48:42 GMT

please try this

Disable IPv6 Firewalling under Device - Setup - Session - Session Settings will get rid of those warnings.

Re: PANOS 8.0.4 warning ipv6 not enabled on tunnel interface

fwmike — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 15:07:29 GMT

Unchecking Enable IPv6 Firewalling from Session Settings did not clear the tunnel interface warnings.

Re: PANOS 8.0.4 warning ipv6 not enabled on tunnel interface

MP18 — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 00:33:56 GMT

I mean you need to check the option for IPV6 Firewalling from Session Settings

Re: PANOS 8.0.4 warning ipv6 not enabled on tunnel interface

John_Babbitt — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 20:44:48 GMT

I disabled the IPv6 Firewalling option in that exact location you specified, and I still got "Warning: tunnel tunnel.41 ipv6 is not enabled. IPv6 address will be ignored!" So, no, that doesn't work.

Re: PANOS 8.0.4 warning ipv6 not enabled on tunnel interface

meanes — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:56:11 GMT

thanks for the tip