====Overview====

This document details the removal (or addition if applied in reverse) of local DNS caching services on IPv6. The procedure entails four changes:

  - **Router:** cease advertisement of the two resolvers
  - **Pihole:** disable IPv6 listener
  - **Unbound:** disable IPv6 listener
  - **Raspberry Pi OS:** remove static IP assignment

====Router====

IPv6 router advertisement (RA) is akin to IPv4's DHCP. It might be sub-optimal to run dual-stack clients on your network without a resolver on an IPv6 address, but Unbound and Pihole can answer A and AAAA queries for either stack, and everything seems to work with just the one.

Review a given VLAN's RA

  show interfaces switch switch0 vif 10 ipv6 router-advert

Remove the //name-server// from each dual-stack VLAN's RA

  delete interfaces switch switch0 vif 1 ipv6 router-advert name-server
  delete interfaces switch switch0 vif 10 ipv6 router-advert name-server
  delete interfaces switch switch0 vif 20 ipv6 router-advert name-server
  delete interfaces switch switch0 vif 30 ipv6 router-advert name-server

Reverse a removal

  set interfaces switch switch0 vif 10 ipv6 router-advert name-server 2601:666:6666:5EB0::10

====Pihole====

We specified listen-addresses in the **/etc/dnsmasq.d/01-pihole.conf** text file as a comma-separated list. From the following line, delete the IPv6 address and the comma preceding it

  listen-addresses=10.10.10.10,2601:666:6666:5EB0::10

Restart the service, and verify

  sudo systemctl restart pihole-FTL
  ss -tl

====Unbound====

Most configuration resides in the **/etc/unbound/unbound.conf** text file. Comment out the following line

  interface: 2601:666:6666:5EB0::10@53

Restart the service, and verify

  sudo systemctl restart unbound
  ss -tl

====Raspberry Pi OS====

**nmcli** displays and manipulates network settings. Review interfaces and their settings

  nmcli con show
  nmcli con show 'Wired connection 1'

Remove the static IPv6 addresses

  sudo nmcli con mod 'Wired connection 1' -ipv6.addresses 2601:666:6666:5EB0::10/128
  sudo nmcli con mod 'Wired connection 1' -ipv6.addresses 2601:666:6666:5EB0::20/128

Restart network interface to apply changes

  sudo nmcli con down 'Wired connection 1' && sudo nmcli con up 'Wired connection 1'

Reverse a removal

  sudo nmcli con mod 'Wired connection 1' +ipv6.addresses 2601:666:6666:5EB0::10/128