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IPv6 support
Will any of the Flex radios support IPv6 in the future? Not really that big of a deal, but Apple now has requirements that any apps submitted to the app store must be able to function in an IPv6 only environment.
This is more out of curiosity as a tech/networking/dev person.
This is more out of curiosity as a tech/networking/dev person.
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Will we support it in the future? TBD. If there is a valid use case that meets the 80/20 rule, then we will seriously consider supporting it in the future.
Most smartphones on US networks are on IPv6 if they are on 4G LTE and a lot of Comcast is on v6 as well. You may not realize it because it's configured for you. But if you go to test-IPv6.com you will see it.
A lot of sites are enabling dual stack IPv6 as well. I am In charge of the operations of a very high traffic internet site and some smaller sites associated with it and we switched on IPv6 this week. Google and Facebook has had it for a while as well.
Expect more sites to enable it, as Apple has mandated compatibility with IPv6 for App Store approval.
Thanks for the reply. I think you made my point for me. You're running a "very high traffic" site and just enabled dual stack this week.
Having IP V4 only support does not preclude having a routanle address, as you well know. And SLAAC is cool... As long as you have a /64 address block available. Again, useful on your home network? Not so much.
As far as what Apple requires, well, they require lots of things. There aren't many internet sites hosted on Apple computers.
I asked because I consider IP V6 nothing but an iannoyance when it comes to internet connectivity, and pointless for an internal network. So I was curious about your query. Again, thanks for the reply.
Peter
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The Apple requirements are significant because as it is now, you cannot get an app approved without support for IPv6 only networking (it was announced at WWDC 2015). Apple is going further by requiring that the backend for the apps also support IPv6. Apple clearly has seen the future here and wants its ecosystem ready for it.
So you have half of the mobile device world mandating IPv6 compatibility. And actually, with the level of abstraction that iOS provides (NSURLSession and CFNetwork APIs) it is transparent to the end user.
IPv6 is going to matter even more because the IoT is expanding even more. Flex radios are very much part of IoT. It's not a high priority item for them but it would be a nice to have to stay ahead if there is some spare bandwidth, development wise.
"I consider IP V6 nothing but an iannoyance when it comes to internet connectivity, and pointless for an internal network."
Deployed properly it actually works better on internal networks. Internet connectivity will soon have a native IPv6 stack enabled by the ISP by default. Wireless carriers have already done so and wired carriers are not far behind. DOCSIS3 has it already and other last miles like VDSL and FTTx technologies do as well.
Usage is only climbing, as IPv6 usage has gone from almost zero to almost 15% of end users in the past 3 years alone.
On a side note, much of the annoyance of current IPv6 implementations on the desk side has to do with bridge technologies like Teredo and 6to4. Once those are replaced with native dual stack, that will be much less of a concern, and of course transparent to the end user.
But you also have an IPv4 address and are running something called a "dual stack" configuration which means your system can use both v4 and v6 addressing schemes.
No ISP is exclusively on IPv6 and won't be for a while.
Go to http://www.test-ipv6.com. It will show both stacks and your IP address on each as well as confirming connectivity.
So it shouldn't really matter for SoftEther, OpenVPN or any such thing. Carry on as usual.
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Is there any workaround to get Smart-link working? Till now it is useless for me.
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