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I couldn't find anything that indicates WHY Apple removed IPv6 support. I'd love to understand if this was an oversight or intentional. If intentional was it t
by cek 15y ago
I couldn't find anything that indicates WHY Apple removed IPv6 support. I'd love to understand if this was an oversight or intentional. If intentional was it to simplify the user experience, fix a technical problem, or because "it was broken and we couldn't fix it"?
- mikeash 15y agoThe new AirPort Utility is basically a clone of the iOS version, and is extremely dumbed down compared to previous versions. It removed the ability to configure all kinds of useful "advanced" features, of which IPv6 is just one. I assume this was done to simplify the UI, but the new version is a huge step backwards in general. We can hope that they'll add the missing features back in as time goes on, but it remains to be seen. IPv6 still works fine, and Apple still provides an official download of the previous configuration utility that allows IPv6 configuration and all the rest.
- wmf 15y agoWasn't IPv6 on by default in AirPort Extreme? Why do you need to configure it?
- there 15y agoIt is link-local by default. You can configure it to actually get an IPv6 address to route with, as well as configure IPv6 tunnels on it.
- rhysk 15y agoYes, it looks like the new AirPort Utility was released a little too early. It's fine for basic configuration but the advanced features are missing. It is a rewrite however, so hopefully these features are added as time goes on. I think the title of this article is a bit misleading.