Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 11:12:56 +0200 Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: <100c40e$3c0vu$1@news1.tnib.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net xOewgN3uqnvFVpcCtUi2nAeZ9FAElKZmI9V6RfoDsl+SjtBFDg Cancel-Lock: sha1:vyf6E7H2YTKl83a5QGFe0acZUH8= sha256:G/kJoOQkMGZZlbQII0Eec7dsKlDUl+QTaPP/A6i/wlo= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-CA, es-ANY In-Reply-To: <100c40e$3c0vu$1@news1.tnib.de> On 2025-05-18 09:59, Marc Haber wrote: > [apologies for falling into the Troll's Followup-To trap] > > Answers to my article in the advocacy group will not be read. > > Farley Flud wrote: >> GNU/Linux has total IPv6 capabilities but this is also fully >> configurable. >> >> Since I operate a standalone workstation that is only connected >> to the Internet via Comcast, my system and software configuration >> only includes IPv4. (My local network certainly does not require >> it.) >> >> IOW, I don't need IPv6 and therefore I exclude it. > > That is a stupid idea. Your ISP might finally gain some clue and > finally enable IPv6 after it has been mandatory on the Internet for a > decade. > >> Does anybody use or need IPv6? > > North America is cursed with ample IPv4 resources. Not all continents > have that "luxury" of not being forced off an obsolete proto that > needs crutches to limp. > >> I suppose that since the vast majority of GNU/Linux users depend >> on a distro and that since most distros automatically enable >> IPv6 the answer is that most users have IPv6 enabled whether they >> need it or not. > > A host with IPv6 enabled has absolutely no disadvantages over a host > that has IPv6 deliberately disabled. IPv6 doesn't autoconfigure if the > network doesn't offer it. > > IPv6 allows me to reach any host on my local network directly from the > network. I use this daily when I'm traveling or working at a different > site to access my infrastructure. My ISP did a beta test of IPv6. Something must have gone wrong, they seem to have aborted and not deployed IPv6 to the public, except on phones. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R.