4 ms·
Well, even when ISPs are dilligent in deploying IPv6, they still have to deal with troublesome end-user hardware that can't just be replaced overnight. For exa
by CrLf 5y ago
Well, even when ISPs are dilligent in deploying IPv6, they still have to deal with troublesome end-user hardware that can't just be replaced overnight.
For example, here in Portugal the largest ISP (MEO) has had a wide deployment of IPv6 for many years. However, it's (up to very recently) main end-user router supplier (Thomson/Technicolor) has also had chronic IPv6 bugs in its firmware(1). MEO enables IPv6 by default nevertheless, but if you're an advanced user you'll have a hard time overlooking the random connection failures to IPv6 destinations.
(1) Specifically, it resets the flow label field randomly when it is non-zero (the case with most recent versions of Linux, macOS and, I guess, Windows). Turns out the flow label is taken into consideration by many load balancers so, if it changes mid-connection, your packets may end up in a server that has no knowledge of you and you get a connection reset.