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For my devices that support it, I have implemented IPv6 . . .
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(Score: 3, Informative) by krokodilerian on Sunday July 07 2024, @07:00AM (8 children)
Seriously, almost everything comes with IPv6 on by default, ISPs just provide it, you might not even know you're using it. The people that disable it usually find out it's not the problem (it's too often DNS), but hey, let's leave it disabled, because "just in case".
(I suggest also disabling v4)
(Score: 1) by Runaway1956 on Sunday July 07 2024, @06:57PM (7 children)
OK, you prompted me to look at my phone again. I found nothing, so I did a search for "enable IPv6 on Android". Well, apparently, Android does have IPv6, because I found a couple of guides to enable/disable it. But, my phone does not display the options necessary to either enable, or disable, IPv6. At this point, I can only speculate whether Motorola decided to not enable it, or the carrier's software has modified the available settings. To be clear, I'm not using a ten or fifteen year old phone, it's a 2022 model. Looking at my wife's phone, same model, but a year older with less RAM and less storage, I find the same situation. So, I question - does almost everything come with IPv6 enabled by default?
Since I am talking about my own phone, I'll tell you what I did do. The phone constantly searches for 5G, connects, then drops connection, reverting back to 4G. It's a pretty common problem in rural areas, it seems, from the searches I did when I bought the phone. The solution is to simply disable 5G, leaving you with a nice, stable 4G connection. Of course 4g isn't as fast, but it's stable.
“Take me to the Brig. I want to see the “real Marines”. – Major General Chesty Puller, USMC
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 10 2024, @03:01AM (5 children)
Yes, it mostly does.
When you visit https://ip6.me [ip6.me] from your phone, what does it say?
(Score: 1) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday July 10 2024, @03:38AM (2 children)
I am connecting with an IPv4 address . . . reading finer text . . .
with ip6only.me I get 'site can't be reached'.
whatismyv6.com gives me the same IPv4 address.
Oh, wait. Let me turn off WIFI and try again. Derpa derpa!
I'm getting no reception tonight. I only get poor reception here at best, tonight nothing. I'll drive out to the highway in the morning to try again.
“Take me to the Brig. I want to see the “real Marines”. – Major General Chesty Puller, USMC
(Score: 1) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday July 10 2024, @04:17PM (1 child)
The only difference between WIFI and the cell network is, my IPv4 address changes. I still get nothing showing an IPv6 at all, whether I hit ipv6only or ipv6 stack or anything at all. Strictly v4 for me.
“Take me to the Brig. I want to see the “real Marines”. – Major General Chesty Puller, USMC