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* Daniel Frey: |
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> Can't do anything, ipv6 is completely disabled (removed from kernel |
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> config.) |
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A search for "linux kernel enable ipv6" just returned more than 1.7 |
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million results. |
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> Current ISP will not issue any ipv6 if an ipv4 static is required. |
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My current ISP offers native IPv6 and has been doing so for years. |
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While choice varies across different countries, IPv6 availability has |
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increased considerably over the last 10 years, which is why SiXXs.net |
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has discontinued services[1] mid 2017. Even a small amount of searching |
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should turn up a decent ISP in most industrialized countries. |
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[1] https://www.sixxs.net/sunset/ |
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> ipv4 works just fine.... |
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Maybe our ancestors should never have come down from the trees. Perhaps |
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even leaving the oceans was a dumb move. ;-) |
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Seriously, IPv4 may appear to work "just fine" for you, but there is a |
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lot of nasty stuff like NAT going on under the hood. IPv6 means a lot |
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less hassle if you have a decent ISP and a halfway modern router. |
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It will take a while longer before the lack of free IPv4 addresses |
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becomes too profound to ignore even for private users, but users with |
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more advanced needs already feel the squeeze. My recommendation is to |
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pick a proper ISP and select a proper router when the current one has |
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lived out its life (or maybe a firmware update suffices). The higher the |
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customers' demand for IPv6, the more incentive there is for ISPs and |
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router manufacturers to get cracking. |
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-Ralph |
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