Admittedly I am new to IPv6 but: when AWS announced they were going to start charging for IPv4 addresses, I set about controlling costs by enabling IPv6 on our instances and then making sure I could reach them at their IPv6 addresses (e.g. via SSH). After some troubleshooting I discovered that IPv6 wasn't enabled on my local office router/gateway; it's about 10 years old (still works great btw). I went into the web-based control panel and found the "IPv6" section and didn't know what any of the settings did. Eventually I stumbled onto a config that allowed me to reach my remote IPv6 destinations without breaking IPv4. I confirmed my results with
https://test-ipv6.com .
Then, I used test-ipv6.com from my home network and found, again, that IPv6 wasn't enabled.
From my standpoint, it doesn't matter that I, a techie, can get IPv6 working by doing one or two things. The VAST majority of people out there wouldn't know where to start. If it's not enabled in their router by default it's not getting enabled. Maybe newer devices are getting shipped with it enabled by default, I don't know. But LOTS of people have modems and routers that are going to be in the same state as mine, and best I can tell, they won't be able to reach my websites if I turn off IPv4.
If I'm misunderstanding the state of things, I would greatly appreciate it if someone could illuminate me.
Then, I used test-ipv6.com from my home network and found, again, that IPv6 wasn't enabled.
From my standpoint, it doesn't matter that I, a techie, can get IPv6 working by doing one or two things. The VAST majority of people out there wouldn't know where to start. If it's not enabled in their router by default it's not getting enabled. Maybe newer devices are getting shipped with it enabled by default, I don't know. But LOTS of people have modems and routers that are going to be in the same state as mine, and best I can tell, they won't be able to reach my websites if I turn off IPv4.
If I'm misunderstanding the state of things, I would greatly appreciate it if someone could illuminate me.