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ke4pym
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Re: IPv6 Support

So how do you know when you've got a valid IPv6 address?

I'm getting this on my router:

fe80::200:24ff:fecb:53cc%vr0/64

CptGemini
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said by ke4pym:

So how do you know when you've got a valid IPv6 address?

When your network adapter status looks like my screenshot
kingfisher
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Or visit this site -

test-ipv6.com

which will tell you what your IPv6 address is if you have one
ke4pym
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said by CptGemini:

said by ke4pym:

So how do you know when you've got a valid IPv6 address?

When your network adapter status looks like my screenshot

That's not helpful. I don't run windows. And I'm not certain my router is configured to pass IPv6 yet.

So, with that. Let me ask a different way.

What would a valid IPv6 address look like, if the one I posted isn't indeed a valid address?

CptGemini
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My bad then. It should look the same, you can always go to the test site the previous poster shared or if you have a router that has an IPv6 section it'll show it. My netgear has an easy to read area that tells me if the WAN port has one or not.

la6
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In my area, TWC's network is AS20001. According to »bgp.he.net/AS20001, its IPv6 prefixes are 2600:5c00::/32 and 2605:e000::/32. So I'd expect my IPv6 assignment to be in those subnets (unless of course they are assigned more before they do the roll-out).

But still no sign of it here (LA), using an Apple Airport Extreme. I would expect it to be quite a few months before they finish rolling it out over their entire footprint.

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Everything in the fe80::/16 range (not sure about the size, I think it's /16) is "link local". That means that address is only usable on that network segment; it should not/will not traverse the Internet. Most publicly routable IP addresses start with 2. For example, both my Hurricane Electric tunnelled addresses and Google Public DNS use addresses starting with 2001 (which is cool for me, I like to add "an Internet odyssey"). I've also seen addresses expressed starting with 2600:.

I would look at your cable modem. For example, on Motorolas, there is a "mini Web server" at 192.168.100.1, and that has a configuration page; one of its items reads "IPv4 only" for "Modem's IP Mode".