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Hopefully once Google and other stats get over 50% there will be a "look at the majority" effect. Most ISPs in my country already support IPv6 with a couple IPv6 only with NAT64 on the edge. But I guess we'll just have to see.
I really hope you're right. I'm one of those people who believe that we should simply abolish IPv4 completely. We have zero need for IPv4 and dual-stack networks are way more prone to errors and complexity.
People usually say that IPv6 is hard and IPv6 addresses aren't "memorable" but that's mostly BS because with the
::aka "reduced format" they can be even simpler than IPv4. Others might say it is dangerous without understanding how NAT isn't necessary and how a firewall should work. Another common argument against deprecating IPv4 is that we should keep compatibility with older devices, to which I say... IPv6 support was introduced in Windows XP SP2 (2004).IPv6 is great, largely simply networks, make things more efficient and allows for more complex scenarios that are hard to deal with in IPv4. Multihoming, advanced load balancing, network level split DNS, direct peer-to-peer communication, totally abolishing DHCP in a usable way etc.
Completely agree with your dual-stack networks are more prone to errors and IPv6 networks are simpler than their IPv4 counterparts. Firewalls are easier to understand than port mapping NATs. Simpler is better for security.
I've tried running my home network with IPv6 only and NAT64 on my edge but more than a couple devices seem to only understand IPv4. I feel like these devices will be the ones that hold back the IPv6 only approach.
@apearson> I’ve tried running my home network with IPv6 only and NAT64 on my edge but more than a couple devices seem to only understand IPv4. I feel like these devices will be the ones that hold back the IPv6 only approach.
One of my two Roku Ultras finally is acquiring an IPv6 address, but no idea if it is doing any streaming with it. The other hasn't acquired an IPv6 address yet. Even though the two have the same marketing name, they are different internal hardware models. But at least it is a sign that Roku Labs is at least aware that there is something called IPv6!
That's great to hear! One of the IPv4 only devices I have is a Roku