Re: [v6ops] Re: [Witarea] Re: How to make an elegant IPv4 outage
Tim Chown <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:32:50 +0000
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--_000_DB9PR07MB7771083D3FE8E2D189F479E6D6182DB9PR07MB7771eurp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Perhaps we need to start draft-v6ops-ipv6-dinosaurs and start to name and s= hame such organisations and what they=92re doing wrong=85 polite but object= ive critique and pointers in the doc to best practice. Tim On 11/06/2026, 21:03, "Phillip Hallam-Baker" <[email protected]> wrote: 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 IP= v4 completely. What I have not yet tried but should is trying to use the IPv6 mapping of m= y IPv4 addresses. --_000_DB9PR07MB7771083D3FE8E2D189F479E6D6182DB9PR07MB7771eurp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> </head> <body> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-se= rif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Perhaps we need to start draft-v6ops-ipv6-dinosaurs and start to name and s= hame such organisations and what they=92re doing wrong=85 polite but object= ive critique and pointers in the doc to best practice.</div> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-se= rif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-se= rif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Tim</div> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-se= rif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div id=3D"mail-editor-reference-message-container"> <div class=3D"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing" style=3D"di= rection: ltr;"> </div> <div class=3D"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">On 11/06/20= 26, 21:03, "Phillip Hallam-Baker" <[email protected]> w= rote:</div> <div class=3D"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing" style=3D"di= rection: ltr;"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"direction: ltr; font-size: 9.75pt;">J= ust got off the phone with a very large ISP after a failed attempt to get a= n IPv6 address.</div> <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"direction: ltr; font-size: 9.75pt;"><= br> </div> <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"direction: ltr; font-size: 9.75pt;">T= urns 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.</div> <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"direction: ltr; font-size: 9.75pt;"><= br> </div> <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"direction: ltr; font-size: 9.75pt;">S= eems to me that we are still a long way away from being able to shutter IPv= 4 completely.</div> <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"direction: ltr; font-size: 9.75pt;"><= br> </div> <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"direction: ltr; font-size: 9.75pt;">W= hat I have not yet tried but should is trying to use the IPv6 mapping of my= IPv4 addresses.</div> </div> </body> </html> --_000_DB9PR07MB7771083D3FE8E2D189F479E6D6182DB9PR07MB7771eurp_--