? 50% of users of Google?s services connect over IPv6
? 43% of the world uses IPv6, with some parts approaching 50%
? Cloudflare reports 40% of its traffic is done via IPv6
Some interesting stats from <https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/ipv6-usage-reaches-historic-50-percent-across-google-services-matching-ipv4-increased-usage-eases-pressure-on-the-ipv4-address-market-as-new-protocol-designed-in-1998-finally-hits-its-stride>:<snip>
? 50% of users of Google?s services connect over IPv6
? 43% of the world uses IPv6, with some parts approaching 50%
? Cloudflare reports 40% of its traffic is done via IPv6
Choice quote:
Some people still think that the additional 20 bytes or so of an
IPv6 packet header translates to significant bandwidth losses,
I disable IPv6 on everything as habit.
Apparently that cuts me off from accessing newly provisioned younger
parts of the internet, most that are either scam territories or AI farms.
No loss.
On 2026-04-22, Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> wrote:
I disable IPv6 on everything as habit.
Same here. Having worked with IPV4 almost since its inception I have
no inclination at this late date to learn IPV6. Just don't care to
deal with it.
Apparently that cuts me off from accessing newly provisioned younger
parts of the internet, most that are either scam territories or AI farms.
No loss.
I'd agree. I've been able to get to anything I need to via IPV4.
I'd agree. I've been able to get to anything I need to via IPV4.
I ended up turning off IP v6 support in the router and the problem has
gone away.
Strike 2. The fact that thse words are repeated over and over suggests something is very, very wrong with the way IPv6 has been handled.
I ended up having to turn IP v6 support at the router as it was
messing up my DNS.
I run some Pi Holes. I had set the IP addresses of MY DNS to
192.168.0.29 and 192.168.0.30 and also set their corresponding IP v6 addresses in the router.
All my PC's wired to the home network were all using these DNS no
problem.
However, all my mobile phones decided to use Google DNS even though I
could see the Pi Hole DNS settings in the network settings on said
phones
Strike 1. Nobody is going to run a serious (= money-making) service
that isn't IPv4 accessible.
On 24.04.2026 10:09 Uhr SH wrote:
I ended up having to turn IP v6 support at the router as it was
messing up my DNS.
I run some Pi Holes. I had set the IP addresses of MY DNS to
192.168.0.29 and 192.168.0.30 and also set their corresponding IP v6
addresses in the router.
All my PC's wired to the home network were all using these DNS no
problem.
However, all my mobile phones decided to use Google DNS even though I
could see the Pi Hole DNS settings in the network settings on said
phones
IPv6 is not the issue here. Certain operating systems and applications
(e.g. browsers) use DNS over HTTPS for name resolution instead of the
OS resolver functions, so the servers you distribute via DHCPv4, DHCPv6
or the router advertisment will not be used.
So How do I force or redirect *every* device that conencts to my network
to use MY own 2 DNS rather than wandering off and using an external DNS
like Google's own DNS?
So How do I force or redirect *every* device that conencts to my network
to use MY own 2 DNS rather than wandering off and using an external DNS
like Google's own DNS?
In article <10shvqk$mefs$1@dont-email.me>, SH <i.love@spam.com> wrote:
So How do I force or redirect *every* device that conencts to my network >to use MY own 2 DNS rather than wandering off and using an external DNS >like Google's own DNS?
Why would you want to? Advertise your routes so that external DNS servers like Google know about them.
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