Dual Stack home network pros and cons

[Treadler]

An interesting ‘happy eyeballs’ test for those on dual stack.

Test your Happy Eyeballs.

he.test-ipv6.com

For me, it indicated IPv6 was only being preferred about 30% of the time.

 

[Treadler]

I’m trialling IPv6 disabled just now.
I notice no difference at all in speed/utility.
Plus, I get to use Skynet the way it was intended. Interesting……

 

[Tech9]

I can bet that those networks are ipv6 first - mostly because there is no legacy to worry about...

No.

IPv6 test - Statistics for Viet Nam

 

[learning_curve]

An interesting ‘happy eyeballs’ test for those on dual stack.

Test your Happy Eyeballs.

he.test-ipv6.com

For me, it indicated IPv6 was only being preferred about 30% of the time.

FWIW I ran that test and (unsurprisingly, for me) out of 50 separate tests, it was 90.74% IPv6 and 9.26% IPv4

 

[Tech9]

it was 90.74% IPv6 and 9.26% IPv4

Block Google/Facebook services and try again. It will be the opposite %.

 

[L&LD]

An interesting ‘happy eyeballs’ test for those on dual stack.

Test your Happy Eyeballs.

he.test-ipv6.com

For me, it indicated IPv6 was only being preferred about 30% of the time.

Thanks for the link. I'm 100% IPv6 here. (Ran the test for quite some time too). But do note I'm dual stack too.

 

[Paliv]

Thanks for the link. I'm 100% IPv6 here. (Ran the test for quite some time too). But do note I'm dual stack too.

Same here, running Dual Stack I got 100% IPV6 after about 50 tests.

 

[learning_curve]

Block Google/Facebook services and try again. It will be the opposite %.

I don't use Face 'Ache' Book nor any of Google's 'Steal Your Data' Services (they're both blocked in the various browsers I use (i.e. Safari & FireFox Preferences / Ad Guard / uBlock Origin etc) on all on MacOS and/or iOS devices. That includes all the ones that are present in this forum itself (have a look)

 

[Tech9]

I use V6 most of the time, V8 on weekends and summer time.

 

[Treadler]

Block Google/Facebook services and try again. It will be the opposite %.

Interesting. Facebook totally blocked here, & Google tracking/ad stuff as well. May explain my results.
Im back on dual stack, best I’ve ever seen is 50%, but ‘normal’ about 30%.

FWIW, I’m finding this thread really interesting, all kinds of good knowledge & experience being shared!

 

[Tech9]

Now you know about 50% of your traffic goes around AiProtection, because it's encrypted; 30-50% of your traffic is hard to control with the tools you have available; your devices can call Internet straight without prior notice or your permission. Your network is part of Internet now. Not exactly your network anymore.

 

[Treadler]

Now you know about 50% of your traffic goes around AiProtection, because it's encrypted; 30-50% of your traffic is hard to control with the tools you have available; your devices can call Internet straight without prior notice or your permission. Your network is part of Internet now. Not exactly your network anymore.

Aiprotect disabled here.
Yup, IPv6 NAT free.

Another thing is ‘happy eyeballs’ appears to be implemented differently depending on browser/OS.
In ‘Apple‘ world (my clients are all Apple), with dual stack, first to answer, IPv4 or IPv6 - gets preference.
Minimal automatic bias to IPv6 apparently, speed of response is everything. I’m happy with that……

 

[sfx2000]

For me, it indicated IPv6 was only being preferred about 30% of the time.

100 percent here...

MacOS 12.6 on my M1 Macbook Air...

 

[sfx2000]

Not exactly your network anymore.

Never was...

 

[sfx2000]

I don't use Face 'Ache' Book nor any of Google's 'Steal Your Data' Services (they're both blocked in the various browsers I use (i.e. Safari & FireFox Preferences / Ad Guard / uBlock Origin etc) on all on MacOS and/or iOS devices. That includes all the ones that are present in this forum itself (have a look)

With all due respect - this is out of scope

Privacy concerns with Facebook, Google, etc - good chance for another thread.

Just not here in the current conversation.

 

[Treadler]

With all due respect - this is out of scope

Privacy concerns with Facebook, Google, etc - good chance for another thread.

Just not here in the current conversation.

I think it was a response to post 285.

 

[Treadler]

100 percent here...

MacOS 12.6 on my M1 Macbook Air...

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A bit of new information. The best I could ever get with this test was 50%. Normally mostly around 30%.
Using Quad9 DNS.

Changed DNS to Cloudflare, now pretty much 100% IPv6. I don’t why this should be, curious……