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Everything I know about IPv6 comes from this one blog post: https://apenwarr.ca/log/20170810 https://apenwarr.ca/log/20170810. It’s from 2017, when IPv6 adoptio
by ruuda 9mo ago
Everything I know about IPv6 comes from this one blog post: https://apenwarr.ca/log/20170810 https://apenwarr.ca/log/20170810. It’s from 2017, when IPv6 adoption was 17% according to https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html; today it’s close to 50%.
- pixl97 9mo agoI'd assume a lot of this is because of mobile devices of some type. Getting legacy network operators like cable providers to supply IPv6 has been hell.
- patmorgan23 9mo agoEyeball networks and cloud providers have been implementing IPv6. In the US all major phone carriers are v6 only with XLAT, the large residential ISP all have implemented v6 (Charter/Spectrum, Comcast/Xfinity, altice/optimum). The lagging networks are smaller residential ISP and enterprise networks. In Asia they've implemented v6 everywhere pretty much because their v4 allocation is woefully insufficient. APNIC has like 4 billion people in it but less IP space than ARIN, with a population of less than 500 million.
- krupan 9mo agoJust because the ISPs have implemented IPv6 doesn't mean anyone's home router is using it, let alone all the devices in the home WiFi
- patmorgan23 9mo agoWell the data shows they are in fact using it. Most people use their ISP router which in these carriers would be setup by default to use v6, plus any router bought in the last 10 years would support v6 and probably use it by default.
- pixl97 9mo agoI'm on a large ISP provider and they do not have IPv6 in my area, a new build with fiber to a access point that turns it to cable on the house. So there's that.
- patmorgan23 9mo agoAh RFoG. It's a weird technology choice. I think it's supposed to be transitional so they get the fiber in the ground now and then can later come back and rip out all the DOCSIS equipment and replace it with *PON
- sgjohnson 9mo agoObviously they are. Most people use the equipment provided by their ISP without ever changing any settings. If the ISP is IPv6-first, you bet that their customers are using it in their home WiFi.
- eqvinox 9mo ago> Getting legacy network operators like cable providers to supply IPv6 has been hell. In my experience it's actually the large enterprises that are having issues.
- culi 9mo agoIs that worldwide adoption or adoption in the US? China went from almost nothing to 77% adoption is just a few years because they included it in their last 5-year-plan. How much of that adoption would be explained by China alone
- eqvinox 9mo agoGoogle's stats are Google International, i.e. everywhere Google provides service. Whether that includes China depends on the whims of the Politbüro.
- globular-toast 9mo agoThat's the best thing I've read all year. Ok, it's the best thing I've read last year too. I kinda knew all this stuff but I never knew how it all happened. I never thought of MAC as unnecessary in an IPv6 world.
- dunk010 9mo agoCame to post that blog. It's awesome. Everyone should read it.