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Enough address space for every atom on the surface of the earth.

dijit 8y ago
Yet as far as I can tell no cloud provider is taking it seriously. GCP only supports it on the edge for their load balancers for instance.
- rsync 8y ago
  All rsync.net locations[1] have ipv6 addresses. [1] Cali., Denver, Zurich, Hong Kong
  - cbm-vic-20 8y ago
    Been a customer of yours for ten years. No BS. Just works.
- deleted 8y ago
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- w8rbt 8y ago
  IPv6 works fine in AWS. I have several v6 only resources there now... no problems. No SSH scans, no elastic IP fees, no log noise from all the IPv4 idiots. It's heaven.
diegoperini 8y ago
So abundant, has no value.
- Zrdr 8y ago
  I would say "no cost". On the hosting service I use, you can rent an IPv6 only host and you pay less. Why would you pay for an IPv4 address if you don't need it ?
  - asdkhadsj 8y ago
    I'd love to use it, but honestly it's fairly complex to even understand if I can use it. From my home ISP to my compute provider(s), I've not even done enough research to know if I can use it. Last I recall (years ago) my buddy was running some type of VPN through Comcast just to be able to use IPv6 properly. That's when I decided it was still too new for me. Clearly I don't know anything on the subject, and I'm not claiming to. These are one of the areas where I don't know, don't desire to know, and want it to "just work". I am however interested in making my applications compliant asap, but until I can reliably use it, I've not even attempted. So with that big pile of ignorance, are we "there yet"? Ie, could I build applications and run them on a IPv6 compatible host, with hit it with my home ISP with a reasonable expectation that everything will work? (assuming my code works, of course). I feel like I need a "caniuseIPv6.com" site, similar to https://caniuse.com https://caniuse.com. From the outside, IPv6 implementation and support seems bizarrely cryptic.
    - CaliforniaKarl 8y ago
      I'm a current Comcast customer. I own my own (non-Comcast-purchased) router (an RT-AC68U) and cable modem (a Motorola Surfboard). On the modem side, nothing needed to be done for IPv6. Any firmware updates or configuration needed is done by Comcast. On the router side, there is a dedicated IPv6 configuration page. Settings are: • Connection Type: Native • All other available settings: Set to either 'Enable' or 'Stateless'. That was it. My Mac has IPv6 configuration set to configure 'Automatically', and I get an IP. If I go to plain Google and ask it "what's my ip" I get a IPv6 IP back. On my iPhone, on wifi, if I do the same "what's my ip" Google search, I get an IPv6 back. My carrier is Ting GSM; if I turn off wifi and do the same Google search, I get a different IPv6 IP back. At work, IPv6 is rolling out _very_ slowly, but I was able to get a fixed IPv6 address. That has been programmed into the configuration for my laptop's USB-Ethernet adapter, so I have IPv6 at my desk at work. Although most work services are not IPv6-enabled, DNS is. And at home, IPv6 is enabled and is in active use, both on desktop and on mobile. As for testing, I suggest https://test-ipv6.com https://test-ipv6.com and https://ipv6test.google.com https://ipv6test.google.com
AndrewDucker 8y ago
Not quite https://xkcd.com/865 https://xkcd.com/865
- johnp_ 8y ago
  ~~No, really. He's talking about the earths surface, the xkcd is about the earths volume.~~ Ok, the xkcd is about nanobots with a volume of "a few cubic microns"[1], whereas atoms are much smaller. [1] https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/865:_Nanobots https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/865:_Nanobots
noselasd 8y ago
And I have a /64 from my ISP giving me about eighteen quintillion addresses, but no sane/supported/easy way to further subnet that locally. IPv6/rfc7421 is great ...

Yet as far as I can tell no cloud provider is taking it seriously. GCP only supports it on the edge for their load balancers for instance.

rsync 8y ago
All rsync.net locations[1] have ipv6 addresses. [1] Cali., Denver, Zurich, Hong Kong
- cbm-vic-20 8y ago
  Been a customer of yours for ten years. No BS. Just works.
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w8rbt 8y ago
IPv6 works fine in AWS. I have several v6 only resources there now... no problems. No SSH scans, no elastic IP fees, no log noise from all the IPv4 idiots. It's heaven.

diegoperini 8y ago

So abundant, has no value.

Zrdr 8y ago
I would say "no cost". On the hosting service I use, you can rent an IPv6 only host and you pay less. Why would you pay for an IPv4 address if you don't need it ?
- asdkhadsj 8y ago
  I'd love to use it, but honestly it's fairly complex to even understand if I can use it. From my home ISP to my compute provider(s), I've not even done enough research to know if I can use it. Last I recall (years ago) my buddy was running some type of VPN through Comcast just to be able to use IPv6 properly. That's when I decided it was still too new for me. Clearly I don't know anything on the subject, and I'm not claiming to. These are one of the areas where I don't know, don't desire to know, and want it to "just work". I am however interested in making my applications compliant asap, but until I can reliably use it, I've not even attempted. So with that big pile of ignorance, are we "there yet"? Ie, could I build applications and run them on a IPv6 compatible host, with hit it with my home ISP with a reasonable expectation that everything will work? (assuming my code works, of course). I feel like I need a "caniuseIPv6.com" site, similar to https://caniuse.com https://caniuse.com. From the outside, IPv6 implementation and support seems bizarrely cryptic.
  - CaliforniaKarl 8y ago
    I'm a current Comcast customer. I own my own (non-Comcast-purchased) router (an RT-AC68U) and cable modem (a Motorola Surfboard). On the modem side, nothing needed to be done for IPv6. Any firmware updates or configuration needed is done by Comcast. On the router side, there is a dedicated IPv6 configuration page. Settings are: • Connection Type: Native • All other available settings: Set to either 'Enable' or 'Stateless'. That was it. My Mac has IPv6 configuration set to configure 'Automatically', and I get an IP. If I go to plain Google and ask it "what's my ip" I get a IPv6 IP back. On my iPhone, on wifi, if I do the same "what's my ip" Google search, I get an IPv6 back. My carrier is Ting GSM; if I turn off wifi and do the same Google search, I get a different IPv6 IP back. At work, IPv6 is rolling out _very_ slowly, but I was able to get a fixed IPv6 address. That has been programmed into the configuration for my laptop's USB-Ethernet adapter, so I have IPv6 at my desk at work. Although most work services are not IPv6-enabled, DNS is. And at home, IPv6 is enabled and is in active use, both on desktop and on mobile. As for testing, I suggest https://test-ipv6.com https://test-ipv6.com and https://ipv6test.google.com https://ipv6test.google.com

AndrewDucker 8y ago

Not quite https://xkcd.com/865 https://xkcd.com/865

johnp_ 8y ago
~~No, really. He's talking about the earths surface, the xkcd is about the earths volume.~~ Ok, the xkcd is about nanobots with a volume of "a few cubic microns"[1], whereas atoms are much smaller. [1] https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/865:_Nanobots https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/865:_Nanobots

noselasd 8y ago

And I have a /64 from my ISP giving me about eighteen quintillion addresses, but no sane/supported/easy way to further subnet that locally. IPv6/rfc7421 is great ...