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Using the Internet without IPv4 connectivity

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296 points jmillikin | 1 comments | 29 Jun 25 08:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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allyourdatas ◴[29 Jun 25 11:58 UTC] No.44412382[source]▶
Why would I ever need IPv6 at home or in my office? Explain to me logically why I need it in my house or in my office?

I do not care about using up the last internet address because that is akin to the 'think of the children' crap used to justify things on an emotional level in order to manipulate people.

There's no way I'll exhaust the private address spaces and I not not see NAT as a negative.

I do not want my fridge or toaster on the internet. I do not want my phone always on the internet. Nor do I carry a smrt phone or use WiFi as everything in my house is hard-wired.

So it seems like all I would ever need is a 4-to-6 gateway solution of some sort . Devices in my house or office will not ever really need IPv6 or a 'dual-stack' and all that extra complexity is a waste of time... what problem is it supposed to be solving exactly?

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1. p1mrx ◴[29 Jun 25 18:39 UTC] No.44415299[source]▶
It's much easier to build an IP layer 6-to-4 gateway (like NAT64) than a 4-to-6 gateway, because the IPv4 header doesn't have room for a 128-bit destination address.

The most practical "4-to-6 gateway" would be a SOCKS or HTTPS proxy, because those let the client connect directly to a hostname and not care about IP addressing. But configuring a proxy for all your home devices is probably more tedious than deploying IPv6.