IPv6 Support on Excitel Broadband

[Smh]

you can directly(open ports) connect with other ipv6 users, for ipv4 users you will get nat

Basically if you don't use dual stack you cannot connect with users, servers which are only using ipv6/4 .

ex- some govt website which is only running on ipv4, you will not be able to connect to it with only ipv6 .

 

[Aakash Malhotra]

oh okay. so it is not really a full proof solution. we wont be benefited from this solution for services that dont use ipv6 but require open ports.

steam servers still dont support ipv6 .
most online games still dont support ipv6.

i was really excited about this upcoming feature but now i am just disappointed.

 

[Smh]

well no isp can do anything about that because there are just not enough ipv4 address available for everyone to have so its really fault of services that still don't support it, ffs this problem was known since 90s .

 

[john_dud]

If anyone wants to learn more about how it all works, read RFC 7040, RFC 7596 & NAT64.

 

[Makino]

Hi guys.
Do we have any update on excitel’s IPV6 implementation?
I could see a thread from 2018 that excitel is implementing IPv 6.
So, any update ?

Thanks

 

[Sushubh]

i am still on ethernet and haven't seen any change at my end.

 

[opomiyulen]

Only thing i found out aaaa or ipv6 dns queries starts resolving on excitel which was not the case earlier. @Sushubh @igloo @ijsa or anyone else can check and confirm

nslookup google.com

Type this in command prompt and see if ip v6 address for google.com is shown or not. May be they are doing something for ipv6 implementation

 

[john_dud]

You can verify by visiting

IPv6 test - IPv6/4 connectivity and speed test

IPv6-test.com is a free service that checks your IPv6 and IPv4 connectivity and speed. Diagnose connection problems, discover which address(es) you are currently using to browse the Internet, and what is your browser's protocol of choice when both v6 and v4 are available.

ipv6-test.com

 

[JB701]

Excitel will have to deal with LCO routers to enable IPv6 though. I think that's the biggest hurdle with enabling IPv6 on most ISPs using LCOs for distribution.

 

[Realme]

@JB701 Can you please elaborate on your last post?