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Status of ipv6 in South Africa
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MisterV
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ADrunkTeddyBear
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Afrihost is hosting a IPv6 trial for certain FNO's in the near future
Johnatan56
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Depends on network and ISP. I know atomic access on frogfoot supports it.
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Web Squad is IPV6-ready on GPON networks (not sure what they mean with ready).
I guess it means you could request IPV6.
I guess it means you could request IPV6.
IPv6 is a bit of a tricky beast.
The internet is not ready for IPv6 only and I don't think it will ever be IPv6 only. Networks around the globe have spend lot of money buying IPv4 and although it's finished now for most continents except ours networks still paid a lot of money to just bin it.
IPv4 and Ipv6 dual stack is likely the way it's going to be for the foreseeable future.
Our network is ready for IPv6 but there are challenges. Not every FNO supports IPv6 yet and then there is the issue with clients running outdated firmware on their routers with known bugs relating to IPv6.
TP-Link routers has been quite the headache for us.
Really impressed with the results from Huawei, Dlink and Mikrotik routers at clients on FrogFoot and MetroFibre. They have been performing really well out of the box.
The internet is not ready for IPv6 only and I don't think it will ever be IPv6 only. Networks around the globe have spend lot of money buying IPv4 and although it's finished now for most continents except ours networks still paid a lot of money to just bin it.
IPv4 and Ipv6 dual stack is likely the way it's going to be for the foreseeable future.
Our network is ready for IPv6 but there are challenges. Not every FNO supports IPv6 yet and then there is the issue with clients running outdated firmware on their routers with known bugs relating to IPv6.
TP-Link routers has been quite the headache for us.
Really impressed with the results from Huawei, Dlink and Mikrotik routers at clients on FrogFoot and MetroFibre. They have been performing really well out of the box.
It's supported natively by a few ISPs. We support it natively on all GPON based networks (including Openserve). Vumatel trenched clients can request a 6in4 tunnel to run v6 until Big Pink's engineers realise IPv4 is running out.
I guess we should call it IPv6 native. That opens up a whole other can of worms though as we've had some clients panic that they'll only get a IPv6 prefix delegation and no IPv4. We run full dual stack - so both IPv4 and IPv6 are natively supported.
Can confirm I am using dual stack from both @websquadza and @RocketNet-Rep
Now If we could convince Mybroadband to enable ipv6 on their cloudflare, then most of my traffic would be through ipv6. Businesstech has it enabled , Mybroadband used to then it was turned off again?
There are browser extentions that allow you to see if its using ipv4 or ipv6 on the site you are browsing (and the various js CDN's etc)
Now If we could convince Mybroadband to enable ipv6 on their cloudflare, then most of my traffic would be through ipv6. Businesstech has it enabled , Mybroadband used to then it was turned off again?
There are browser extentions that allow you to see if its using ipv4 or ipv6 on the site you are browsing (and the various js CDN's etc)
Available today, you can get an IPv6 service on Octotel and Frogfoot, with static /48 network - https://www.atomicaccess.co.za/
VlakVark_ZA
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Cape Connect has been doing IPv6 for some time.
Gimli_
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I have 200mbps fibre via Afrihost on Openserve. Are you saying I can switch and get a Dual stack IPV4 and native IPV6 connection from you?
Has the day come where we can get IPV6 to the home?
@AfriNatic what is it that I am hearing about an IPV6 trial? Will you do it on Openserve as well? How do I become part of the beta?
Gimli_
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Why not? I want all the new things. It's a toy, not just a utility. Besides 35% of world internet have already switched. Your point is?
Yup. PM me for a test account.
Fair enough, um there is no point,
why are people wound up so tight.Gimli_
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Isn't it the same as getting a new Merc while your old one is perfectly fine. Only this one can park itself, and is a hybrid.... Or to get the new iPhone (by way of example... I use Android) that is 99% the same as the old one except, it's not.
Some ISP's are starting to use CGNAT addresses for ipv4 as available addresses run out, ie you dont get a public ip