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Re: 40% of Google users now connect via IPv6

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Post by zinekeller »

ntoskrnl wrote: post #89
spookyuser wrote: post #73

Can anyone tell me why my iPhone has 4 ipv6 addresses but only 1 ipv4 address. I just don’t understand what’s happening here

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/223050/why-do-i-ha...

Edit: my mind might been blurred by too many 4s and 6es, whoops. I thought it said "6 IPv6 addresses".

This still doesn't explain why it's six though, although I can think of four simultaneous IPv6 addresses - transient and persistent GUAs (which are accessible to the internet) a ULA (equivalent to IPv4 private address but which is rare in practice) and a link-local address (for communication to the router).

Re: 40% of Google users now connect via IPv6

#103

Post by ineedasername »

NelsonMinar wrote: post #35

I sure wish Starlink supported IPv6. They're a brand new ISP planning for millions of customers and decided from the start they couldn't get enough IPv4 addresses for everyone. Fair enough! But we're stuck with Carrier Grade NAT and it is a drag. On Starlink it's impossible to host a server socket directly, which makes any peer to peer networking a PITA. Geocoding IP addresses doesn't work so I have to bend over back…

>I fill out 10x as many CAPTCHAs

This a feature, not a bug. You can now identify a traffic light on a subconscious level 3x further away than the average driver that has an assigned IPv4.

Where average drivers hesitate upon seeing a yellow light, wondering if they have enough time to go or not, you just know that a slight uptick in speed will get you through the intersection right as that yellow flashes over to red.

Re: 40% of Google users now connect via IPv6

#104

Post by wakeupcall »

My guess is mostly mobile traffic?

I run a personal tech website containing OSS projects, and have been supporting v6 for more than a decade. Currently seeing few hundred unique visitors per day.

IPv6 has been steady at ~15% of all inbound requests for the past 5 years, with zero signs of increase.

Both my own fixed adsl service and a different mobile carrier do not offer v6, so I have to jump through hoops to verify my server setup.

Re: 40% of Google users now connect via IPv6

#105

Post by DrudgeCorporate »

zinekeller wrote: post #101
ntoskrnl wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/223050/why-do-i-ha...

Edit: my mind might been blurred by too many 4s and 6es, whoops. I thought it said "6 IPv6 addresses". This still doesn't explain why it's six though, although I can think of four simultaneous IPv6 addresses - transient and persistent GUAs (which are accessible to the internet) a ULA (equivalent to IPv4 private address but which is rare in practice) and a link-local address (for communication to the router).

https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/363938

Re: 40% of Google users now connect via IPv6

#106

Post by ineedasername »

sneak wrote: post #44
NelsonMinar wrote: post #35

I sure wish Starlink supported IPv6. They're a brand new ISP planning for millions of customers and decided from the start they couldn't get enough IPv4 addresses for everyone. Fair enough! But we're stuck with Carrier Grade NAT and it is a drag. On Starlink it's impossible to host a server socket directly, which makes any peer to peer networking a PITA. Geocoding IP addresses doesn't work so I have to bend over back…

Get a raspberry pi, set up two vlans, run wireguard, and send 100% of your uplink traffic to a remote vpn endpoint. This gets you off their IP, and also has the added benefit of not letting them analyze your traffic.

When I use a VPN I get significantly more CAPTCHAs.

Re: 40% of Google users now connect via IPv6

#108

Post by mypalmike »

Dachande663 wrote: post #58
kingsleyopara wrote: post #52

Can anyone explain why the trend is cyclical with a period of a week?

The peaks are on Saturdays so my guess is residential ISPs/personal traffic peaking on weekends while the mon-fri 9-5 are on older legacy IPv4 systems. But that's just a guess as the reason why.

Also, perhaps more people are out and about using mobile networks rather than WiFi on the weekends.

Re: 40% of Google users now connect via IPv6

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Post by NelsonMinar »

ineedasername wrote: post #103
NelsonMinar wrote: post #35

I sure wish Starlink supported IPv6. They're a brand new ISP planning for millions of customers and decided from the start they couldn't get enough IPv4 addresses for everyone. Fair enough! But we're stuck with Carrier Grade NAT and it is a drag. On Starlink it's impossible to host a server socket directly, which makes any peer to peer networking a PITA. Geocoding IP addresses doesn't work so I have to bend over back…

>I fill out 10x as many CAPTCHAs This a feature, not a bug. You can now identify a traffic light on a subconscious level 3x further away than the average driver that has an assigned IPv4. Where average drivers hesitate upon seeing a yellow light, wondering if they have enough time to go or not, you just know that a slight uptick in speed will get you through the intersection right as that yellow flashes over to red.

The downside is every time I don't identify one of the squares containing a bicycle, somewhere a self-driving car claims another victim.
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