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IPv6
Hello,
When I was on Three (switched this week) I got an IPv6 address when on mobile data on my iPhone 12. Now I've switched to SMARTY I still appear to have an IPv6 address allocated to my device, however it does not work (feels like a routing issue). Does SMARTY support IPv6, and if not are there plans for it to support it in the near future please?
Kind regards, Alec
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What makes you suspect the IPv6 address doesn't work AlecEdworthy?
Not everybody online supports IPv6 yet, but you'd like to think mobile network operators do, whether they're operating an actual or virtual mobile network.
What makes me suspect that it doesn't work? Well, where to begin 😀 The two main indicators for me are that when I attempt to connect to a website which is specifically only available over IPv6 (both ones I operate and commercially available ones) it fails. Also if I attempt to ping or traceroute to an IPv6 host it fails (I don't even get first hop resolution). I fully understand that not all operators support IPv6, I'm just surprised that SMARTY (given they operate on Three's network) don't appear to support IPv6 despite Three making heavy use of it themselves. It's not a major issue for me, I'd just like to get some confirmation from someone who works for SMARTY whether or not it's supposed to work and if not then when/if they expect to support it in the future. It seems strange that an IPv6 address is allocated but the routing doesn't appear to actually work.
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I seem to be in the same boat as WelshPaul - apparently I'm only allocated an IPv4 address by the service provider (Hutchison 3G UK Limited).
I wonder if being on the 5G RAN would make a difference here AlecEdworthy?
You'd like to think 5G mobile network data connections were using IPv6.
