40% of Google users now connect via IPv6

vmoore wrote: post #2

Anyone go out of their way to disable IPV6 on all their systems, even at the hardware level, like on routers etc? What's a good reason to avoid IPV6?

I recently disabled IPv6 on my home network to make firewall rules more manageable, and I was always under the impression IPv6 adoption was slow. So I was pretty surprised to check and see Google user's adoption has reached 40%. I feel like ISPs are a big push for that.

Re: 40% of Google users now connect via IPv6

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Post by cassianoleal » Sun, Jul 03, 2022, 12:50 PM UTC

vmoore wrote: post #2

Anyone go out of their way to disable IPV6 on all their systems, even at the hardware level, like on routers etc? What's a good reason to avoid IPV6?

If you have a large estate of IPv4 addresses, the more ubiquitous IPv6 gets, the less they're worth.

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Post by rhn_mk1 » Sun, Jul 03, 2022, 12:51 PM UTC

shmde wrote: post #3

Are there any advantages to IPv6 other than more addresses ?

https://www.thousandeyes.com/learning/techtorials/ipv4-vs-ip...

Another, different take: http://www.networkcomputing.com/networking/six-benefits-ipv6

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Post by smcl » Sun, Jul 03, 2022, 12:53 PM UTC

The per-country view is interesting - a huge country like India really going for it is good to see.

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Post by xur17 » Sun, Jul 03, 2022, 12:54 PM UTC

vmoore wrote: post #2

Anyone go out of their way to disable IPV6 on all their systems, even at the hardware level, like on routers etc? What's a good reason to avoid IPV6?

I recently disabled it on my router because dns would fail to work after a day or 2. When I did more research, it looked like others were running into the same issue, but there was no known fix, so the easiest solution was to disable ipv6 entirely.

I used to go out of my way to get ipv6 working (back when it was "new" I used a bridge service to get access), but I simply do not have the time to figure out what might be wrong with it anymore.

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Post by 2Gkashmiri » Sun, Jul 03, 2022, 12:56 PM UTC

Why can't we paste aan ipv6 address into the browser address bar and have it go to that address? I'm forced to open [long brackets ] and the it works. Why!????

Ipv4 address just works without the hitch

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Post by hotpotamus » Sun, Jul 03, 2022, 12:57 PM UTC

rhn_mk1 wrote: post #6

shmde wrote: post #3

Are there any advantages to IPv6 other than more addresses ?

https://www.thousandeyes.com/learning/techtorials/ipv4-vs-ip... Another, different take: http://www.networkcomputing.com/networking/six-benefits-ipv6

The first link mentions no more NAT as an advantage, but I think it's actually one of the big issues holding up adoption. Rightly ot wrongly, since the 00's the perception is that sitting directly on the internet with a public address is a big security no-no.