← Back to context Comment by w3ll_w3ll_w3ll 1 day ago There is no need for that, every modern OS prefer IPv6 over IPv4 5 comments w3ll_w3ll_w3ll Reply matja 21 hours ago Depends on the application, a web-browser that implements Happy Eyeballs protocol may prefer IPv4 if the IPv6 latency is higher. nomel 18 hours ago I know little of this. How/why could one be higher latency over the other? winstonwinston 15 hours ago Different paths. If you’ve got a “dual stack” on your computer, give it a try.tracert -4 google.comtracert -6 google.comI do get very different hops and latency.However for “happy eyeballs” algo to fallback to IPv4, latency needs to be very bad on IPv6. 2 replies →
matja 21 hours ago Depends on the application, a web-browser that implements Happy Eyeballs protocol may prefer IPv4 if the IPv6 latency is higher. nomel 18 hours ago I know little of this. How/why could one be higher latency over the other? winstonwinston 15 hours ago Different paths. If you’ve got a “dual stack” on your computer, give it a try.tracert -4 google.comtracert -6 google.comI do get very different hops and latency.However for “happy eyeballs” algo to fallback to IPv4, latency needs to be very bad on IPv6. 2 replies →
nomel 18 hours ago I know little of this. How/why could one be higher latency over the other? winstonwinston 15 hours ago Different paths. If you’ve got a “dual stack” on your computer, give it a try.tracert -4 google.comtracert -6 google.comI do get very different hops and latency.However for “happy eyeballs” algo to fallback to IPv4, latency needs to be very bad on IPv6. 2 replies →
winstonwinston 15 hours ago Different paths. If you’ve got a “dual stack” on your computer, give it a try.tracert -4 google.comtracert -6 google.comI do get very different hops and latency.However for “happy eyeballs” algo to fallback to IPv4, latency needs to be very bad on IPv6. 2 replies →
Depends on the application, a web-browser that implements Happy Eyeballs protocol may prefer IPv4 if the IPv6 latency is higher.
I know little of this. How/why could one be higher latency over the other?
Different paths. If you’ve got a “dual stack” on your computer, give it a try.
tracert -4 google.com
tracert -6 google.com
I do get very different hops and latency.
However for “happy eyeballs” algo to fallback to IPv4, latency needs to be very bad on IPv6.
2 replies →