I was very pleased to see that ASUS did not enable IPv6 by default because not all ISP provided IPv6 plays well with others. Enabling is and should be a individual choice. If you don't know if you really need IPv6 for your home network, leave it disabled as it will add a little more traffic, not that you would notice. There can be benefits to using IPv6 but just enabling will not necessarily ensure that you would realize those benefits much less even notice.I've had a RT-AC86U installed and working great for about a week and just today notice that IPV6 is not enabled. I thought it was enable by default on my 68U and that is why it caught my attention. Is there any reason to disable/enable IPV6 on a home network?
I've had a RT-AC86U installed and working great for about a week and just today notice that IPV6 is not enabled. I thought it was enable by default on my 68U and that is why it caught my attention. Is there any reason to disable/enable IPV6 on a home network?
If my ISP (Verizon FIOS) supports it, are there advantages?It's disabled by default because not every ISPs support it.
End to end response times may be faster but not that you would notice on most connections. The real advantage is that your home network devices will receive their own public address as opposed to a 192 network. Will those devices then be available for anyone on the internet to access? As long as you enable the IPv6 firewall, no. If you're like most people, internet use is via a web browser. With IPv6 most web browsers support IPv6 as the primary protocol to use. Apple Safari does not, yet. Since I am a Mac user of Safari, I kinda got around that by changing the DNS priority to that of an IPv6 server.If my ISP (Verizon FIOS) supports it, are there advantages?
If my ISP (Verizon FIOS) supports it, are there advantages?
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