Oh yes, there's value in it for us as ISP's. In an MDU where we provide the router and it does dual stack correctly, I see more like 75-80% of traffic on IPv6. 30-40% overall network-wide sounds right. When games support IPv6, you avoid NAT related issues, yes.
When referring to most "most business", I'm referring to customers. ________________________________ From: AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Dennis - LTI Engineering via AF <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2026 3:14 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> Cc: Dennis - LTI Engineering <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Prefix Delegation Use Cases V6 is quite fast, and since most of NAT is not in v6, its actually faster than v4 in many cases, not to mention v6 just works and works quite well. We have deployed it on many networks and we see around 30-40% of traffic using v6. If you have it Netflix,amazon, youtube etc will all use v6. So there is reason to deploy it, just most do not see it. Gaming is a big one, as if you are using xbox it will use v6, playstation, not so much. From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2026 9:49 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Prefix Delegation Use Cases I've talked with people on Quora about IPv6, and there are still a lot of naysayers. When does naysaying rise to the level of backlash? Is it when they're angry about it? There's more apathy than anything else though. Most businesses can live with a handful of public IP's and they're able to get them. For them, the cost of IPv6 is greater than $0 and the benefit is $0. The simple cost-benefit analysis says they'll never implement it until their hand is forced. Residential doesn't give a crap. They're using it if their router correctly supports dual stack out of the box, which for me was a 1 out of 3 chance last time I bought a router --about 4 years ago, I had to buy 3 routers which all said "IPv6" on the box in order to find one that actually worked. ________________________________ From: AF <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Ken Hohhof <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2026 10:09 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Prefix Delegation Use Cases On a side note, with all the backlash against modernity and wistfulness for the distant past, I’m surprised there isn’t a backlash against IPv6. Real men burn coal and use IPv4. IPv6 is woke, like windmills and EVs. IPv4, made in America! From: AF <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2026 8:44 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: [AFMUG] Prefix Delegation Use Cases Speaking of prefix delegation, has anybody ever proposed what a home network is supposed to do with them? I believe the intent of handing out a /56 is that the customer can create up to 256 /64 subnets, but why? If I was to subnet at home, I could imagine doing it to isolate security risks: Like creating VLANs and subnets for IoT, security system, guest WiFi, and my personal devices. That's four. I can't imagine a use for 16, let alone 256, and nobody (even if they know how) is going to do that unless it's automatic. I have a notion that there could be a protocol for devices to announce a classification that they belong to, and a router could sort them into VLANs and subnets automatically. You'd do it to isolate the WiFi refrigerator from the computers and phones because when the fridge model is discontinued it stops getting security updates, but you're not turning it off because food still needs to stay cold. That Harry Potter sorting hat protocol doesn't exist, but I could imagine it. Are there any other ideas out there for what the heck someone is supposed to do with a /56 prefix delegation?
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