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to: Michiel van der Vlist
from: Tony Langdon
date: 2019-10-27 21:59:00
subject: Re: IPv6 mandatory in Bel

-=> On 10-27-19 10:50, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 MvV> French provider Free has removed the option to disable IPv6 in the last
 MvV> update of their Freebox. Everyone Dual Stack, no exceptions.  :)

Cool. :)

 TL> Probably depends on the router.  I know in my case, I had to setup a
 TL> router for a friend who's on the same ISP as me.  The ISP supplied the
 TL> router, but borked the admin password (they do let users configure
 TL> their routers), and I remember having to explicitly turn on IPv6 after
 TL> getting it working with the ISP. IOW, Joe Average doing the same
 TL> operation would most likely end up running IPv4 only.

 MvV> Bad. Hopefully they change their mind and correct it in the next update
 MvV> of the router software?

Time will tell. :)


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