Re: Anybody Using IPv6?

% wrote:

vallor wrote:

On Thu, 15 May 2025 18:42:47 +0000, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote in
<pan$e6d88$f019cb49$2e3cccf9$253bfbf1@linux.rocks>:
>

GNU/Linux has total IPv6 capabilities but this is also fully
configurable.
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Since I operate a standalone workstation that is only connected to the
Internet via Comcast, my system and software configuration only includes
IPv4.  (My local network certainly does not require it.)
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IOW, I don't need IPv6 and therefore I exclude it.
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Does anybody use or need IPv6?
>
I suppose that since the vast majority of GNU/Linux users depend on a
distro and that since most distros automatically enable IPv6 the answer
is that most users have IPv6 enabled whether they need it or not.

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(It's considered good netiquette to announce a followup-to when
crossposting.  Please consider doing that in the future.)
>
  _ _ _ _ _ _ _
$ ping -c 1 news.eternal-september.org
PING news.eternal-september.org (2a01:4f9:4b:44c2::2) 56 data bytes
64 bytes from news.eternal-september.org (2a01:4f9:4b:44c2::2): icmp_seq=1
ttl=47 time=174 ms
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--- news.eternal-september.org ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 174.342/174.342/174.342/0.000 ms
  _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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IPv6 is the future.  I think more and more people are using it,
since their equipment and clients "just work" with it.
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(There is a learning curve, though -- but there was with IPv4 too.)
>

of course there is you have to know how to post in usenet

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