I tried calling my ISP several times when IPv6 wasn’t working.
I explained several times that IPv6 is not the same as IPv4. I was reading in the modem logs directly that it was requesting both IPv4 and IPv6 but only getting IPv4 back.
One rep tried to say IPv6 isn’t needed for the internet to work correctly. I said that’s true, but how do I connect to IPv6-only services through IPv4? I had the same modem working with IPv6 at three prior addresses with the same company.
Finally I ended up getting help on Reddit from a stranger that explained the ISP itself is the problem and you need another model that “ignores” the lack of IPv6 in the response (my expertise ends once data crosses over into the modem so I don’t know the specifics).
I tried calling my ISP several times when IPv6 wasn’t working.
I explained several times that IPv6 is not the same as IPv4. I was reading in the modem logs directly that it was requesting both IPv4 and IPv6 but only getting IPv4 back.
One rep tried to say IPv6 isn’t needed for the internet to work correctly. I said that’s true, but how do I connect to IPv6-only services through IPv4? I had the same modem working with IPv6 at three prior addresses with the same company.
Finally I ended up getting help on Reddit from a stranger that explained the ISP itself is the problem and you need another model that “ignores” the lack of IPv6 in the response (my expertise ends once data crosses over into the modem so I don’t know the specifics).
So dumb.
You have IPv6 support from your ISP? There are parts of my town where the only option for internet is a direct RF link to a 60ft tower.