IPv6 adoption for web applications
Over the past decade, ISPs and hosting companies have been gradually rolling out IPv6, the headline benefit of which is to extend the number of available IP addresses (IPv4 allows…
Should government mandate IPv6 rollout?
IPv6 rollout in the UK has been rather slow. Despite being standardised around 20 years ago, some major ISPs have still not completed the rollout of IPv6 to their customer…
BT approval for router firmware updates
Last week I posted about a firmware update for my Zyxel router which fixes IPv6 connectivity. I emailed my ISP to tell them in case any other users encountered the…
IPv6 and the Zyxel VMG1312-B10D
This is a short and very specific post which I'm primarily making in the hopes that it shows up in search results for the next person who encounters this problem. I…
IPv6 in irssi
irssi is a fantastic console client for connecting to IRC which I use on a daily basis. However, it defaults to connecting via IPv4, even for dual-stack servers. Fortunately you can…
Zen Internet IPv6 trial
IPv6 has been around for over a decade, but most ISPs in the UK have yet to roll it out to residential customers. This is an issue for developers like myself,…
Enabling IPv6 on the Raspberry Pi
By default, the Raspberry Pi doesn't come with IPv6 enabled. This isn't a problem for most people, as IPv6 adoption is still low and many home routers don't support it.…