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How can a chip support or not support IPv6 in this case? Isn't it a layer below anything which would require direct hardware support? In other words, wouldn't i
by Unklejoe 10y ago
How can a chip support or not support IPv6 in this case? Isn't it a layer below anything which would require direct hardware support? In other words, wouldn't it be implemented in software. I should point out that I know nothing about the ESP chips.
Or do you mean that the ESP8266 has hardware acceleration for IPv4 but not IPv6?
- pjc50 10y agoProbably the availability of enough code ROM and runtime RAM to support dual-stack operation, if it simply didn't fit before.
- revelation 10y agoEh, probably they didn't bother with IPv6 when butchering random BSD code for their hacked-together "SDK".
- yuubi 10y agoFrom the docs (but not actually messing with any actual parts), it looks like the 8266 has an IPv4 stack in ROM.