hi Zack sorry persistent was a mistype in the e-mail.
you were right about the pf rules,
once i'd loosened the ipv6 rule following your example
pass out quick inet6 proto icmp6 allow-opts
pass out quick
pass in quick inet6 proto icmp6 allow-opts
pass in quick on $wan inet6 proto udp to port 546 no state
the ipv6 addresses were assigned,
many thanks for bearing with me,
much appreiciated.
shadrock
