IPv6 Test Results
My ISP (Comcast) has a “mirror” of ipv6test.com on their IPV6 site. I’m always getting near perfect results:
What I find puzzling is that the external site they are mirroring testipv6.com only gives me a 7/10 score.
My ISP (Comcast) has a “mirror” of ipv6test.com on their IPV6 site. I’m always getting near perfect results:
What I find puzzling is that the external site they are mirroring testipv6.com only gives me a 7/10 score.
Looks like I’m completely ready, how about you?
I’m currently using Comcast’s 6to4 gateway.
Some of you might be saying, “huh?” and wondering what I’m talking about. If you are a geek, you probably know that the IPv4 universe of addresses is shrinking and latest estimates are that the IPcalypse will occur in about 3 months. You can follow this on Facebook.
What does this mean? At some point in time, a new web site you want to visit or new web service you want to use may not have an assigned IPv4 address and be reachable over IPv6 only.
Is your ISP working towards insuring that you can connect to these sites? Mine sure is. Comcast has been working on this for a long time. Of the available technologies, 6 to 4 and native dual stack seem to me to be the most robust. But the catch is that in your home, you need equipment that has implemented one of these technologies, starting with the router at the edge of your network.
I look around and I see a sorry state of affairs for the home user, where there are so few capable devices (let alone firmware upgrades for top of the line dual band wireless routers) that it would appear that the router vendors are planning on forcing consumers to buy entirely new products, most likely to be announced at CES2011.
So, yes, there is open source firmware for some router lines, but the typical home user shouldn’t have to deal with a geeky upgrade and the quirks.
My advice if you are in the market for a new router? Don’t be pulled in by those door buster holiday specials.. You are going to need to purchase a new router in the next 18 months or so unless the vendors ante up and do the right thing.