[Witarea] Re: [v6ops] How to make an elegant IPv4 outage

Phillip Hallam-Baker <[email protected]> Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:01:57 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.tsv-area,gmane.ietf.general,gmane.ietf.v6ops
Message-ID <CAMm+LwiAZ==Wqt208ZDoh7vQtfrciYEBe8KkWM+JSKumZ3pK+Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Just got off the phone with a very large ISP after a failed attempt to get
an IPv6 address.

Turns out that I can have IPv6 but only dynamic and only if I am on dynamic
IPv4. I cannot get IPv6 for my service with static IPv4 addresses.

Seems to me that we are still a long way away from being able to shutter
IPv4 completely.

What I have not yet tried but should is trying to use the IPv6 mapping of
my IPv4 addresses.

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t got off the phone with a very large ISP after a failed attempt to get an =
IPv6 address.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><=
br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Turns out t=
hat I can have IPv6 but only dynamic and only if I am on dynamic IPv4. I ca=
nnot get IPv6 for my service with static IPv4 addresses.</div><div class=3D=
"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_def=
ault" style=3D"font-size:small">Seems to me that we are still a long way aw=
ay from being able to shutter IPv4 completely.</div><div class=3D"gmail_def=
ault" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" styl=
e=3D"font-size:small">What I have not yet tried but should is trying to use=
 the IPv6 mapping of my IPv4 addresses.</div></div>

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