• Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de
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    3 months ago

    ::1 is the new 127.0.0.1
    :: abbreviates empty fields
    ipv6 has more addresses
    there is something going on with mac addresses (asside from arp)

    thats all i remember

  • Norgur@fedia.io
    1·
    3 months ago

    I also know that I cannot tell the difference between two IPv6 addresses because they all merge into an indiscernible blur inside my head

  • feoh@lemmy.ml
    0·
    3 months ago

    I keep hearing this, and I KNOW it’s true at the enterprise level, but I’ve been running my home LAN IPv6 native for the last - 6+ years? Ever since I learned Comcat would vend it to you from their stock router.

    Works great. No problems. Didn’t used to be that way, but these days most (more?) of the stack bugs have been shaken out.

    • PowerCrazy@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I’m a network engineer and I run ipv6 natively in all of our datacenters. There are even a handful of end systems that have ipv6 native networking stacks with ipv4 sockets for our non-ipv6 compatible applications. IPv6 issues are basically self-inflicted at this point by companies that see their IT systems as cost centers, or by basilisk directors who’s knowledge stopped in the 90’s.