Talk:Comparison of IPv6 support in operating systems

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Transition mechanisms[edit]

Operating Systems play a key role as IPv6 transition mechanisms.

Operating systems implement IPv6 itself; they aren't really transition mechanisms per se.--99.234.28.46 (talk) 05:28, 13 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Linux distributions[edit]

Why linux distributions are here repeated 4 times? Ipv6 is more about kernel support. DHCP is done be userspace components, exactly in the same way as is done in freebsd. I suggest merging 4 linux distributions into one entry: Linux. I do not know howere how to merge citations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.213.255.7 (talk) 17:39, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

None of the columns are determined solely by the kernel, and it is quite possible to make a Linux system without any IPv6 support, just look at webOS.

There are actually 8 entries using the Linux kernel in this list. The only one I think should be removed is "Access Linux Platform", which seems mostly dead. --Cybjit (talk) 19:18, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to add that DHCPv6 has its quirks on Linux (and other *nix) distros using dhclient, as it ignores the prefix length announced by the DHCP server and always sets it to 64 bit. See http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net/2011-March/028314.html for example. --93.132.232.80 (talk) 22:27, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mac OS X bugs[edit]

I find it strange that for MacOS 10.6 a bug is mentioned while no bugs for other OSes are mentioned (hard to believe there aren't any) and the bug is not relevant today because it has been fixed in the latest available version/update. Also, all four references for this trace back to a single author (which would be me). --81.69.168.171 (talk) 19:00, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mentions bugs is OK, but is dependent on contributors. Mentioning obsolete bugs is not useful, removed the cruft. --Cybjit (talk) 13:39, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The data is too old[edit]

Where is the data for Debian? Where for Linux Mint?88.152.0.24 (talk) 08:19, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

ND-DNSSL Option[edit]

In the Table should be present a column for the ND DNSSL Option of the Router Advertisements, for some Operating-Systems exist (third party) tools that can catch this option but not for all. --2003:65:E67F:9CA7:E153:679B:33CF:6D84 (talk) 21:29, 6 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Added note for Mac 10.11 that it will prefer IPV6 over IPV4 through Happy Eyeballs. - https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/v6ops/current/msg22455.html

AIX - should be yes imho[edit]

Being new to WIKI editing, reluctant to change the main page directly.

As I cannot find any info on the "DNSSL" part of the name, I cannot confirm that "no" is the correct answer for AIX. So I am not changing it atm.

Perhaps there should be two columns, once the difference between ND support and ND-DNSSL is explained - somewhere. A search in the wiki only references this page - so IMHO - whoever added this column should have provided a link to that, and no to standard ND.

If ND support is sufficient for a YES, then AIX should be YES, as it has been around for as long as I can remember. I no longer have an AIX 4.3.3 system running, or I could check there. FYI: AIX has basically three standard programs to configure IPv6: autoconf6 aka NDP discovery (which, in any case does the local addresses), and two programs related to and (ndpd-host and ndpd-router)

What actually brought me here was looking for information on support for Mobile IPv6 - and shooting myself because I had not seen that is also available (since forever - at least since AIX 5.3 (anno 2004))

For AIX 6.1 support of Mobile IPv6 (which I think is "cool") - see: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/ssw_aix_61/com.ibm.aix.networkcomm/tcpip_mobileipv6_intro.htm

And, in the spirit of Talk - there should be a separate column on Mobile IPv6 support!

MichaelFelt (talk) 10:46, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

IPv6 only networks[edit]

This list is lacking a coloumn showing the OS's behaviour in IPv6 only networks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:470:7969:0:C979:5D9A:F8A:859E (talk) 22:31, 4 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]