Re: Anybody Using IPv6?

On Sun, 18 May 2025 11:12:56 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:

My ISP did a beta test of IPv6. Something must have gone wrong, they
seem to have aborted and not deployed IPv6 to the public, except on
phones.

Shortly after IPv6 was supported by Windows Server one of our departments
configured it, possibly by mistake. They effectively isolated themselves
from the rest of the company, including the main servers. That got rolled
back quickly.

Perhaps the correct thing to do would have been to make it work company
wide but nobody is going to sign off on an expensive project to fix
something that ain't broken -- yet.

Since my internet connection is through Verizon wireless I have both IPv4
and IPv6 external addresses. They're transitory and while I can find out
what they are I don't have any need to know.

Even better, it looks like I'm in Montrose Colorado today.

The devices on the WiFi LAN also have IPv6 addresses along with IPv4.
However if I want to ssh, sftp, or vnc into one of them, I know and use
the IPv4 address.