Jeff Geerling (@geerlingguy): "Today I disabled IPv6 on my home router entirely. There are (sadly) too many devices and services with obscure bugs when it's enabled, and I'm tired of playing whack-a-mole sysadmin just to keep a full IPv6 stack.
I'm not sure we'll ever see full IPv6 adoption." | XCancel
Jeff Geerling
@geerlingguy
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Today I disabled IPv6 on my home router entirely. There are (sadly) too many devices and services with obscure bugs when it's enabled, and I'm tired of playing whack-a-mole sysadmin just to keep a full IPv6 stack.
I'm not sure we'll ever see full IPv6 adoption.
Jun 8, 2026 · 2:00 AM UTC
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djembe.eth@0xDjembe
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Replying to @geerlingguy
Just turn off the whole network stack and manually transfer files with thumb drives.
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Jeff Geerling
@geerlingguy
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Honestly yeah lol.
The "family" computer we have here is all set up with local apps, and I only connect it to the lan once a month or so to run a backup and update Debian.
We use a couple flash drives to transfer music, photos, etc. it's honestly refreshing.
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Scott Manley
@DJSnM
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Replying to @geerlingguy
It's kinda wild that all the janky workarounds to avoid address exhaustion are less buggy than an implementation of a standard.
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Jeff Geerling
@geerlingguy
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Exactly. Maybe there's hope for IPv8 though.
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Aurora 🌙@alepouna
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i honestly never had issues with ipv6, but at the same time nothing is loading on my network and im going to become a farmer. win win?
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Jeff Geerling
@geerlingguy
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Haha had me in the first half!
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DIWhyCoder - ⌨️ 🇺🇸
@diwhycoder
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Replying to @geerlingguy
I still don't understand why we can't just take IPV4 and create IPV4.1. Literally just add another dot to the address and the masks.
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Jeff Geerling
@geerlingguy
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IPv8 is like that... if it comes to be
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JC Dragon | smol time vTuber@GeeksGrimoire
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Replying to @geerlingguy
Although i agree with doing this fkr the same reasons, Apalrd weeps over in Finland
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Jeff Geerling
@geerlingguy
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Truly :(
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Jacob
@isolume
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Replying to @geerlingguy
this attitude is the reason why adoption is so slow. not specifically you, but decision makers overall. since its unnecessary and requires tons of work with little benefit due to limited adoption, most don’t bother. same reason why linux desktop will ever come close to windows.
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Chris123NT
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Replying to @geerlingguy
Yeah, ipv6 is a mess, ubiquiti stuff is a prime example, their routers think it's a good idea to rebuild your prefix every time a dhcpv6 renewal happens, resulting in a few seconds of no route, couple that with an ISP who never read the RFC and you have drops every 2 hours.
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Anime4000@Anime4000
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Replying to @geerlingguy
Thing I like IPv6, I can have hex word inside like ::dead, ::beef, ... and I own 2402:4e20:b00b::/48 blocks, so far IPv6 in Malaysia stable, Mikrotik RA/ND handle it well, perhaps try use Mikrotik to handle IPv6
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CDHLinux@CDHlinux
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Replying to @geerlingguy
It is crazy how many engineers have told me I am crazy for doing exactly what you're talking about and you're right. They are much more routable for attacks.
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Kevin@kevdog114
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Replying to @geerlingguy
I gave up in like 2014. Every few years I try again and it’s the same old story.
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Greg
@pcguy8088
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Replying to @geerlingguy
Glad I have always disabled IPv6 with any home networking stuff I set up
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Nick Bushak
@nbushak
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Replying to @geerlingguy
Same. I tried, learned my lesson.
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Jeff Harmon@harmon_jeff
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Replying to @geerlingguy
I’m running dual stack. Works well so far.
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Dodobird@sheinkin17
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Replying to @geerlingguy
Also, with many internet providers and even some hosting companies IPv6 is broken.
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Ian Littman@iansltx
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Replying to @geerlingguy
Which ISP? Seems like this is more ISP specific than it should be; with GFiber these days I've had good luck. Same when on cell on T-Mobile.
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Jacob Riverson@EU_Cybertruck
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Replying to @geerlingguy
I did the same on my home network IPV4 just works better for me.
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Mouse's Mistake@mousesmistake
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Replying to @geerlingguy
My line is only provided as dual stack lite. I wish I could be free from the shackles of ipv6
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Dean Walsh@dean_walsh1
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Replying to @geerlingguy
The issue really is running dual stack. People don’t setup proper monitoring on ipv6 and if something breaks it goes unnoticed for a long time.
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Caio Oliveira@Caio99BR
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Replying to @geerlingguy
Dont mind me using IPv6 with NAT like IPv4 just to make things "work"
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Waffle
@honkinwaffle
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Replying to @geerlingguy
I've given ipv6 a try, 3 times. Each time I keep it around for longer, but it still gets tossed aside once it becomes overly frustrating.
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