The kernel module for IPv6 is currently missing; it'd be nice to have it included.

seriously why?

 

Edit: I work on a few projects and someone always asks for IPv6 but to date the best and only good reason i have heard for the extra support and dev headaches it brings is there was free usenet once a upon a time on IPv6. Its day will come but IMHO that day is a long long way away

seriously why?

 

Edit: I work on a few projects and someone always asks for IPv6 but to date the best and only good reason i have heard for the extra support and dev headaches it brings is there was free usenet once a upon a time on IPv6. Its day will come but IMHO that day is a long long way away

 

Seconded, most ISP don't support it yet and same goes for routers. Most of these servers are used for internal networks where ipv6 is pointless, additionally as far as I understand if you do get it set up, it means you will have to find a way to harden UnRaid since it gives you a visible IP instead of hiding behind the current NAT. In any case as stated above, no benefit and just downsides.

 

seriously why?

 

Edit: I work on a few projects and someone always asks for IPv6 but to date the best and only good reason i have heard for the extra support and dev headaches it brings is there was free usenet once a upon a time on IPv6. Its day will come but IMHO that day is a long long way away

 

Seconded, most ISP don't support it yet and same goes for routers. Most of these servers are used for internal networks where ipv6 is pointless, additionally as far as I understand if you do get it set up, it means you will have to find a way to harden UnRaid since it gives you a visible IP instead of hiding behind the current NAT. In any case as stated above, no benefit and just downsides.

 

 

Somewhat off topic but do most routers still not support IPv6? I've only used Apple AirPort routers for the last 4 or 5 years so I don't have a big frame of reference but they've all supported IPv6.

I forget the  numbers but its is huge (high 90%s) for end user connections that cant have IPv6 (due to ISP limitations) and a crazy 99.something percent whos CPE cant support it either.

 

I am gagging for IPv6 but its not a viable feature yet for anyone other than the keen, geeky or devs.

 

And as pointed out earlier whilst NAT sucks it does by default secure all device to the net. Once NAT is no longer needed prepare for a massive spike in intrusions

 

I forget the  numbers but its is huge (high 90%s) for end user connections that cant have IPv6 (due to ISP limitations) and a crazy 99.something percent whos CPE cant support it either.

 

I am gagging for IPv6 but its not a viable feature yet for anyone other than the keen, geeky or devs.

 

And as pointed out earlier whilst NAT sucks it does by default secure all device to the net. Once NAT is no longer needed prepare for a massive spike in intrusions

 

 

I guess I'm in that .1 percent since Comcast offers me IPv6 and my router supports it. Not being sarcastic, I guess I just didn't realize how far behind the rest of the country (or world) is since IPv6 has been available to me from my ISP and router for so long.

Yeah i reckon I am a year out of date and EU based so have a different perspective

 

I just put in some links for a client that cost multiple thousands per month and they don't even support IPv6.

 

I forget the  numbers but its is huge (high 90%s) for end user connections that cant have IPv6 (due to ISP limitations) and a crazy 99.something percent whos CPE cant support it either.

 

I am gagging for IPv6 but its not a viable feature yet for anyone other than the keen, geeky or devs.

 

And as pointed out earlier whilst NAT sucks it does by default secure all device to the net. Once NAT is no longer needed prepare for a massive spike in intrusions

Ya, I don't know what they expect. The rise of multiple devices and therefore the use of routers/NAT has created a false sense of security. Once IPv6 kicks in I can just hear the crying about all the phones, Smart TV's, TV boxes (boxee, Rokus, Ooma, etc) and million of assorted other unprotected consumer electronics that wouldn't react well to an open environment. People with botnets these days are so big, it takes them only a few minutes to scan the entire current network.

I wouldn't directly say it's absolutely top-priority to have IPv6 support right now, but saying it isn't needed because 90% of the internet hasn't got IPv6 connectivity yet, is just as ignorant as the ISP's that are constantly delaying it's introduction. It will come, sooner or later. Why not include it now? It was still on the roadmap the last time I checked..

 

I'd really like having IPv6 support on my unRAID server, simply because it enables IPv6 connectivity in general. My network happens to be IPv6 enabled, even though my ISP doesn't offer it yet. I set up my router to advertise my HE.net tunnel subnet, which works like a charm.

 

I used IPv6 usenet test servers as backfill servers, to overcome any incompletion on my main server. As soon as IPv6 is in the kernel, I'll be able to access the free IPv6 usenet servers again.

 

For me, the lack of IPv6 was the only disadvantage when I switched over to unRAID (actually, I found out IPv6 wasn't in the kernel only after I set up sabnzbd with the IPv6 servers). Having IPv6 would really make unRAID the perfect NAS/download platform.

 

So the question would rather be; why not? Will it affect performance? Does it take too much time to compile it in the kernel?

I am truely amazed how many people quote usenet as a reason they have used IPv6. Its not a bad thing its just amazing.

 

IMHO as i said earlier unRAID needs a whole extra IP stack and the associated support and security headaches like a hole in the head.

 

It so far of task for so many of the users its not even in the ball park.

 

Saying all that if it could be included with the proviso of no support and disabled by default then I suppose that helps every one.

I have to chime in, I too am eagerly awaiting ipv6 support and for the same reason as mentioned above. I think it is a legitimate reason and a good selling point for unRAID as I'm sure there are others that use other options because of the lack of ipv6 support.