On 2019-08-14 10:45 AM, Lew Wolfgang wrote:
Sigh... IPv4 just works. IPv6 does not.
It certainly does here. As for IPv4, there are many people who are behind carrier grade NAT, which means they can't connect to their own network from elsewhere. That sounds broken to me.
You may recall that I tried to get it working here at home a couple of years ago with my Zyxel router. Tried and failed. My problem was (I think) that my ISP was dispensing only /64 addresses. I've got three subnets for which I want to maintain to separation: WiFi and IOT from desktops. This is easy to set up with IPv4, not so with a /64 IPv6 address.
I don't recall that problem, however there are some ISPs that could use some educating.
But, I do have a new Zyxel now and may be inclined to try it again, not because I have to or to make the Internet a better place, but out of curiosity. Perhaps my ISP is doing better now too?
You need DHCPv6-PD.
Wolfgang Prediction: IPv4 will never go away. It will co-exist with IPv6 and its successors until the end of time.
There's no reason why it should persist on the Internet. Some ISPs are already IPv6 only, with some transition mechanism such as 464XLAT to access IPv4 only web sites. That's what's on my cell phone on Rogers. No doubt there will be IPv4 devices hanging around for years on the local network. However, that's no reason to keep IPv4 going long term on the Internet. Things change and equipment gets discarded, because it can no longer keep up. When was the last time you saw someone talking on an analog cell phone? Any phone that's capable of LTE is capable of IPv6. That's mandatory. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org