Google Hits 50% IPv6

First thing I do on a fresh Linux install is set ipv6 to deactivated. Fixes all my initial Linux install problems. I don't question it, it just works every time.

Re: Google Hits 50% IPv6

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Post by BadBadJellyBean » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 9:03 AM UTC

PacificSpecific wrote: post #5

First thing I do on a fresh Linux install is set ipv6 to deactivated. Fixes all my initial Linux install problems. I don't question it, it just works every time.

Something is very wrong with your network then. I never needed to disable IPv6. Maybe you should question it.

Re: Google Hits 50% IPv6

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Post by mritzmann » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 9:05 AM UTC

BadBadJellyBean wrote: post #4

I wonder if there will ever come a day when IPv6 will provide a better web experience than IPv4. At the moment pretty much every website is reachable via IPv4 but a lot not via IPv6. Will there be a day when this turns around?

> a better web experience than IPv4

That's already the case. IPv6 is often faster because most ISPs these days use cgnat for IPv4.

Re: Google Hits 50% IPv6

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Post by Cider9986 » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 9:06 AM UTC

How does IPV6 affect ip blocking. As a VPN user I wish it wasn't used as a metric for sites shaking you down.

Re: Google Hits 50% IPv6

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Post by AndyMcConachie » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 9:07 AM UTC

BadBadJellyBean wrote: post #4

I wonder if there will ever come a day when IPv6 will provide a better web experience than IPv4. At the moment pretty much every website is reachable via IPv4 but a lot not via IPv6. Will there be a day when this turns around?

I would expect online video games to be a more important driver.

Re: Google Hits 50% IPv6

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Post by MYEUHD » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 9:07 AM UTC

Thread from two months ago (626 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47777894