Remember guys, using GIFs of Racoon’s in a discussion is ok, as long as you keep them below 1mb.

  • rekabis@lemmy.ca
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    7 hours ago

    This doesn’t help people for whom their ISP doesn’t even provide IPv6.

    I run Telus Business Fibre so I can have whatever port I want open, running whatever service I want, and a clutch of static IPv4 addresses for legacy stuff.

    Telus Business has zero IPv6 availability, and is projected to not have IPv6 for at least the next decade.

    Like, fuck me.

    I know this is an April Fool’s, I’m just lambasting one of Canada’s largest fibre Internet providers for their wholesale inability to remain modern and effective.

    • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      The IPv6 stack is bigger than the IPv4 one, which is an important point for embedded systems and IoT devices.

      • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
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        13 hours ago

        That’s fair I guess, everything has trade offs, but we’re talking about things like whole ISPs sometimes.

        • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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          8 hours ago

          Nonetheless, when my gazillion IoT devices talk v4, having v6 only on the server that controls them does not really help.

  • GaMEChld@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I’ll admit that I still use v4, but only because I didn’t have a compelling reason to switch. That said, this feels like the kinda reaction I would have had were I in his shoes. 😂

  • bvtthead@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Love me some IPv6. With mDNS and link local addresses, can get two hosts talking either directly connected or with just an unmanaged switch.

  • Flaqueman@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Does anyone have some kind of beginner’s guide to transition a home network from v4 to v6? Everything I found is way too technical.

    Asking here but feel free to direct me to a more appropriate sub

    • anyhow2503@lemmy.world
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      23 hours ago

      You’re already doing great if you just don’t disable IPv6. Bonus points if your ISP and your router supports proper dual stack IPv4 + v6, then you can actually connect to the internet using v6! Also, fun fact: the original Nintendo Switch does not support IPv6 at all. Pretty much all other non-ancient consumer stuff should be fine. Check your clients IP address assignments, maybe you’re already using IPv6.

    • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Meh, it doesn’t really offer anything for a home network.

      And this is why it really hasn’t be adopted even by business - there’s already a network in place that works. Migrating to 6 doesn’t offer any meaningful benefit to balance the effort and risk of the change.

      Now if you’re an SMB with 3 servers and a handful of computers, would you spend what little IT money you have making this change?

      And if you’re an enterprise with a thousand servers and tens of thousands of users, are you making this change?

      Imagine the cost of reconfiguring routers, and the outages you’d experience doing this.

      There’s just no pressing urgency to change, and LOTS of cost and risk to do so.

      • ranzispa@mander.xyz
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        21 hours ago

        I guess the advantage of IPv6 would be to get rid of NATs. If we just keep the same architecture and switch to IPv6 while retaining NATs, then I really see no advantage in switching. It would just be a pain in the ass.

      • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 days ago

        And if you’re in a larger company, you’re the guy or team that gets blamed for every. goddamn. network. problem. that happens after the transition.

        Fuck that.

  • panda_abyss@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    I hate IPv6 so fucking much.

    I had to write an address validator and sanitizer once. Never again what the fuck were they thinking with the short forms?

    I do like having a lot more addresses, that’s great. The short forms, embedded ipv4, bridges, etc are confusing as hell. Oh, also, you have to add that all to your email validator script, enjoy!

    • Gork@sopuli.xyz
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      2 days ago

      But then they can have like a bajillion devices connected to their router without any collisions!

    • r00ty@kbin.life
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      2 days ago

      Well you could accept the default generated one, or set it to fe80::1 manually. Don’t most good routers now have a DNS server in? So you could make it router.local or something?

      I think some even by default make a DNS entry call router.local or similar pointing to themselves. This isn’t a real problem and if IPv6 were adopted fully, then all routers would likely come with something like this setup anyway.

    • Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org
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      2 days ago

      It’ll have a QR code printed on it.
      Which won’t take you to the router’s web server.
      It’ll take you to the play store to download the app. Which requires Play Services and access to your exact location, contacts, storage, call history and messages to set up your router.

      • Rhaedas@fedia.io
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        2 days ago

        MFW I first got my current router and went to set it up and couldn’t find the factory ID and password on it anywhere. Then realized it was on a damn app now. Which was bad enough, but after jumping through all the hoops, I discovered that (to no surprise really) what you can set up is very limited.

        Sure I should buy my own router or flash an older one… but then again the last bad storm that fried the router this one replaced, the ISP replaced it at no charge. So… I live with it, I guess.