It's not "google" refusing to support it... It's one Lorenzo Colitti who is the roadblock... https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/36949085 But yes, it's asinine.
On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Adam Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > You could be right, I was writing from memory and ... tbh, I don't care > enough to go look it up again :). They shut down, that's a pain in the > butt, I was already on HE anyway, end of story for me. > I would do the same here, except that (IMHO) Google's refusal to support > DHCPv6 on Android is completely asinine. So my phone still doesn't get an > IPv6 address here at home :-(. > (Note: Apple products work perfectly.) > > It's interesting to speculate about what will happen at some future date > when HE turns off (or starts charging for) their tunnel service... I > haven't heard anything credible yet, but I assume it'll happen someday. > > -Adam > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Moshe > > Katz > > Sent: August 2, 2017 21:38 > > To: pfSense Support and Discussion Mailing List <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [pfSense] IPv6 1:1 NAT problems > > > > Adam, > > > > Actually, the reason SIXXS shut down is exactly the opposite of what you > > said. SIXXS shut down because IPv6 adoption was going too slow and a > > number of ISPs were actually telling their customers "we don't plan to > > implement > > IPv6 because you can get it from SIXXS if you really want it." In effect, > > ISPs were using tunnels as a way of *reducing *IPv6 rollouts. > > > > Vick, > > > > I also have an HE tunnel at home because my ISP is dragging their feet > > about implementing IPv6. In fact, my main guest WiFi network runs > > *only* IPv6. > > Most of my guests only care about Gmail and YouTube, and those have > > been > > IPv6 enabled for ages. It's an experiment to see how many visitors can > > get away with not noticing that they have no IPv4 connectivity. > > > > Moshe > > > > -- > > Moshe Katz > > -- [email protected] > > -- +1(301)867-3732 <(301)%20867-3732> > > > > On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 10:32 PM, Adam Thompson > > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > So? Neither do I. I don't have native IPv6 at the office either. > > > But both are fully IPv6-connected. > > > That's what Hurricane Electric tunnels are for. (And SIXXS, formerly, > > > but they've decided that IPv6 penetration has reached a point where > > > they're not needed anymore. Hahahaha...) > > > > > > http://www.tunnelbroker.net/ > > > > > > Disclaimer: my home situation is a bit of an anomaly - the nearest HE > > > IPv6 tunnel endpoint is <5msec away from my home router [wireless, > > not > > > DSL or cable], and my ISP has a 10Gbps connection to them. > > > Performance is VERY satisfactory. However, even my office, where the > > > nearest HE tunnel endpoint is 30+msec away gets perfectly acceptable > > performance on IPv6. > > > Largely because IPv6 paths tend to be shorter and transit fewer > > routers. > > > (There are a number of factors at play; sometimes IPv6 is tunneled > > > over IPv4, which means the path isn't *really* shorter.) > > > > > > -Adam > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vick > > > > Khera > > > > Sent: August 2, 2017 21:28 > > > > To: pfSense Support and Discussion Mailing List > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > Subject: Re: [pfSense] IPv6 1:1 NAT problems > > > > > > > > Nice. Thanks for the explanation. My IPv6 knowledge is slowly being > > > > built up. Not having IPv6 at my home router makes it hard to play > > > > with. I've not had the courage to bring "live" my direct allocation > > > > at the data > > > center > > > > yet. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pfSense mailing list > > > https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > > > Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pfSense mailing list > > https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > > Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold > > _______________________________________________ > pfSense mailing list > https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold > -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 _______________________________________________ pfSense mailing list https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold
