Disappearing IPv6 configuration?

RouterOS General
1

I’m not sure what I did (or if I did anything), but now I get this:

[david@RoutyMcRouterson] > /ipv6/dhcp-client export
# 2024-10-15 14:52:33 by RouterOS 7.16
# software id = U9U9-RERG
#
# model = RB5009UG+S+
# serial number = 
#error exporting "/ipv6/dhcp-client" (timeout)

If I do

/ipv6/dhcp-client print

it just hangs. If I try to remove any config under /ipv6/dhcp-client, it just hangs. If I try to re-create the config in there I get errors that there are duplicates. In WinBox, the IPv6/DHCP client page is blank.

I have also tried

 /ipv6/dhcp-client/remove [find]

and

 /ipv6/dhcp-client/remove [find interface=ether8]

but it just hangs.

How can I reset things?

ipv6 multi pppoe duid problem
v7.17rc [testing] is released!
2

The behaviour you’re describing means, that configuration is not actually disappearing, rather CLI has problems retrieving it. I’m not sure what is the best way to get out of this state. If nobody else chimes in, you may want to contact support@mikrotik.com (it may take a while before you get a meaningful answer though).

3

If a system reset configuration fail,
netinstall the device, the internal config database is corrupted.

Do not use backup because already have corrupted files inside.

For reconfig just use old export.

4

Yes, the only way to fix it is to restore from a backup. Obviously this is problematic…

5

I had a similar problem when upgrading to 7.16. Rolling back the firmware to 7.15 made this item work again.
Upgrading to 7.16 causes the problem, for example, if you had the ipv6 dhcp client described and disabled.

6

Next time, partition the device (2 partitions), and before you upgrade copy the active partition to the other one.
When the upgrade fails, select the other partition as active and reboot and you have your original version and config back.
(when it does not boot at all, you can powercycle it during boot and it will automatically change the active partition)