IPv6 Failover Subnet

isaachatilima

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Sep 6, 2025
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I got a server from Hetzner which comes with its own IPv6 2a01:4f8:yyy:xxxx::2/64, I then ordered a failover subnet 2a01:4f8:xxxx:67::/64, I want to use this for my public facing VMs, I have tried a number of ways and the closes to working I go is my already built VM being able to ping google IPv6. But building new VM fails on IP config screen saying gateway unreachable if I give host IP and gateway. Current config is

# server IP
iface enp35s0 inet6 static
address 2a01:4f8:yyy:xxxx::2/64
gateway fe80::1

# Failover subnet
auto vmbr0
iface vmbr0 inet6 manual
bridge-ports none
bridge-stp off
bridge-fd 0
post-up ip -6 route add 2a01:4f8:xxxx:67::/64 dev vmbr0

Doing self-learning and not super knowledgable in networking. Any guidance will be appreciated.