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The performance penalty is that now my packets travel: Phone -> T-Mobile -> NAT -> T-Mobile -> Internet -> My hosting provider Whereas with IPv6: Phone -> T-
by X-Istence 10y ago
The performance penalty is that now my packets travel:
Phone -> T-Mobile -> NAT -> T-Mobile -> Internet -> My hosting provider
Whereas with IPv6:
Phone -> T-Mobile -> Internet -> My hosting provider
That NAT is an extra step, and will add a small amount of latency.
- Dylan16807 10y agoThe NAT, if set up right, would not cause the packets to take a different route. Changing the packet format requires nanoseconds, no more than normal packet processing. It's possible to set up anything wrong, but there's nothing about this technology that would introduce latency when done correctly.
- djrogers 10y agoThat NAT in many cases happens on the same edge router that'd be dropping your packets off on the internet anyway, so it doesn't have to add an extra hop.