> at some point sooner or later you'll get pressure to support IPv6
I've been told that for 20+ years. Nothing has changed.
Re:Why is IPv6 so complicated?
by orangeboats on Sunday April 19, 2026 @01:16AM
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Did you just miss the headline a few days ago, that IPv6 adoption has reached 50%?
You might be right if IPv6 adoption stayed at 10% or so. But the current trend suggests that sooner or later someone is going to demand IPv6 support on your side.
As I wrote, we use internal networks and k8s. Most of our nodes can not even access internet. I would welcome pressure to support ipv6, it means juicy fresh contract and money.
> you didn't fix anything, you just moved the problem around.
I do not get this attitude "ipv6 is inevitable". So far no customer even asked about it. We have way more urgent problems like cloudflare blocking, ddos from clankers, state regulations...
If the problem actually becomes real in like 20 years. The clankers will probably solve it in like 10 seconds. There is zero benefit right now to deal with headaches of dual routing and addressing.
(Worst case, you moved the problem to your finance department, for buying IPv4 address space. But even if you didn't do that, at some point sooner or later you'll get pressure to support IPv6. And then you'll have to "un-fix" everything you did, and fix the actual problem. Maybe it'll be after you're retire, but I wouldn't take bets on that.)
[ed.: best case, you moved the problem to someone else outside your company or scope. Good for you, I guess. Like the sibling post says, address space shortage is an issue for everyone, and personally speaking I would consider it rude to make it other people's problem.]