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

Ole Trøan <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:48:18 +0200
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> Perhaps we need to start draft-v6ops-ipv6-dinosaurs and start to name and s=
hame such organisations and what they=E2=80=99re doing wrong=E2=80=A6 polite=
 but objective critique and pointers in the doc to best practice.

It may produce a better outcome if we instead focus on fixing the gaps in ip=
v6. =20

Ole



> On 11/06/2026, 21:03, "Phillip Hallam-Baker" <[email protected]> wrote=
:
>=20
> Just got off the phone with a very large ISP after a failed attempt to get=
 an IPv6 address.
>=20
> Turns out that I can have IPv6 but only dynamic and only if I am on dynami=
c IPv4. I cannot get IPv6 for my service with static IPv4 addresses.
>=20
> Seems to me that we are still a long way away from being able to shutter I=
Pv4 completely.
>=20
> What I have not yet tried but should is trying to use the IPv6 mapping of m=
y IPv4 addresses.
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<div class=3D"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">On 11/06/202=
6, 21:03, "Phillip Hallam-Baker" &lt;[email protected]&gt; wrote:</div>
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<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"direction: ltr; font-size: 9.75pt;">Ju=
st got off the phone with a very large ISP after a failed attempt to get an I=
Pv6 address.</div>
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<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"direction: ltr; font-size: 9.75pt;">Tu=
rns out that I can have IPv6 but only dynamic and only if I am on dynamic IP=
v4. I cannot get IPv6 for my service with static IPv4 addresses.</div>
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<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"direction: ltr; font-size: 9.75pt;">Se=
ems to me that we are still a long way away from being able to shutter IPv4 c=
ompletely.</div>
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<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"direction: ltr; font-size: 9.75pt;">Wh=
at I have not yet tried but should is trying to use the IPv6 mapping of my I=
Pv4 addresses.</div>
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