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sjwolf

28 Dec, 2017 12:26 AM

Hi, on my PPC iMac G5 running TenFourFox, it appears that IPv6 is not supported. Is that because it's a PPC or is that because of TenFourFox? Should IPv6 be supported and there's something I need to do? Thanks

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Cameron Kaiser on 28 Dec, 2017 04:22 AM

   

   IPv6 should be supported; 10.4+ supports it, and we haven't done anything specific to disable it. If you have changed any settings in about:config, make sure network.dns.disableIPv6 is set to false (the default).

   Assuming that's not the case, it may also be a factor of the network between you and the IPv6-based site.

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2. 2 Posted by sjwolf on 28 Dec, 2017 04:55 PM

   

   Hi, It was when I went to sites like whatsmyip, ipv6 test, and speedtest. They said IPv6 wasn't supported.

   I haven't made any changes. I don't even know how to find about:config, make sure network.dns.disableIPv6 is set to false (the default).

   Is that in TenFourFox, or is that in the apple system preferences somewhere? I looked in both, but couldn't find it.

   Thanks again.

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3. 3 Posted by sjwolf on 28 Dec, 2017 05:05 PM

   

   I figured out how to go to the config and yes network.dns.disableIPv6 is set to false

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4. Support Staff 4 Posted by Cameron Kaiser on 29 Dec, 2017 12:15 AM

   

   Hi, It was when I went to sites like whatsmyip, ipv6 test, and speedtest. They said IPv6 wasn't supported.

   That's what I mean: there may be no way of ascertaining if it's your computer or your network. If you have other more recent systems, do they connect okay over IPv6?

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5. 5 Posted by sjwolf on 29 Dec, 2017 06:48 AM

   

   Yes my mac mini running 10.6.8 and chrome seems to support IPv6

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6. Support Staff 6 Posted by Cameron Kaiser on 30 Dec, 2017 12:44 AM

   

   What about other browsers on the G5?

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7. 7 Posted by sjwolf on 30 Dec, 2017 06:46 AM

   

   I tried with Safari 5.0.6. I think this was the last version available. Most sites wouldn't even perform the test or load, but ipv6-test.com said IPv6 was NOT supported

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8. Support Staff 8 Posted by Cameron Kaiser on 06 Jan, 2018 05:11 AM

   

   I'm not sure what to say about that. Unfortunately my internal network is strictly IPv4 so this is not something I can investigate or work on further right now. I'll leave this open in case other users have other data points.

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