Can/should I remove the wan6 interface?

I have a Linksys WRT32X running OpenWrt 23.05.2.
I use two Unifi U6 Lite APs in my house and have the Linksys router's wifi disabled. These APs are managed by the Unifi Network Controller software running on a Raspberry Pi.

The Linksys router, Unifi APs, and Unifi Controller were all recently factory reset to latest firmware with no settings preserved.

I found recently that when Android devices are connected to the network via WiFi, certain apps load very slowly, or not at all. When running speedtests with the Fing app, download speeds show to be ~260 Mbps and upload speeds of about ~20 Mbps. After a lot of troubleshooting (channel optimization, channel width, different Ethernet cables), I determined that the wan6 interface is causing the issue, or is at least related. If I stop this interface, the problem seems to go away.

Are there any troubleshooting steps I can take to figure out what's wrong with the existing/default configuration on wan6?

Or is it safe to just delete this interface?

Just delete it. You have a broken ISP, and you are not the only one.

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I see. Good to know, I suppose.

Out of curiosity though, what exactly is my ISP doing wrong in regards to IPv6?

Edit: I realize this question sounds odd as no one can know the inner workings of every ISP. I meant to ask something more along the lines of, what kind of things can an ISP do wrong in regards to IPv6 implementation? Are they only partially implementing the IPv6 spec, so certain functionality isn't there yet? Or is there some vagueness in how it should be implemented, so their implementation doesn't match up with what OpenWrt expects?

Who knows.

Unless they need it because they are running out of IPV4 addresses most don't do it and my bet is on it it is not just plug and play.
When AT&T installs anything, they reboot about 5 times just using IPV4; the techs could read "Of Mice and Men" in a week if they just read during reboots.

IPV6 would take them all day.
Just MNSHO.

I gotcha. Yeah, I don't officially have a static public IPv4 address, but I've had the same one for a few years so I have to assume my ISP isn't running out of them yet. Officially they assign IPv6 addresses, but my router apparently doesn't like it, so who knows.

I'm sure when they start teaching IPV6 as a semester class in High School it will become common. :pensive:

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